Patent ID: 8964735
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, in a hypervisor from a switch of a rack including a server having the hypervisor, a packet including a destination media access control (MAC) address field having a MAC address of the hypervisor and a destination Internet protocol (IP) address field having an IP address of a virtual machine (VM) coupled to the hypervisor; determining, in the hypervisor, a MAC address of the VM using the IP address of the VM; applying, in the hypervisor, the MAC address of the VM to the destination MAC address field of the packet and forwarding the packet to the VM from the hypervisor, wherein the MAC address of the VM is not exposed to the switch, wherein applying the MAC address of the VM comprises replacing the MAC address of the hypervisor with the MAC address of the VM; accessing, via the hypervisor, a mapping table associated with the hypervisor to determine the MAC address of the VM; populating the mapping table with the MAC address of the VM using information from a provisioning manifest for the VM; and creating the provisioning manifest, via the hypervisor, during instantiation of the VM by the hypervisor.