Patent ID: 8359380
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a management server, a first message from a first host entering a network, the first message including a network identifier (ID) identifying a logical network coupled to a network interface card (NIC) of the first host; identifying, by the management server, a second host associated with the logical network coupled to the NIC of the first host using the network ID identifying the logical network, wherein the second host has been associated with the logical network prior to the first host; identifying, by the management server, one or more network configuration parameters of a NIC of the second host, wherein the NIC of the second host has been coupled to the logical network prior to the NIC of the first host; and configuring, by the management server, the NIC of the first host using the one or more network configuration parameters of the NIC of the second host.