Patent ID: 8893125

Claim:
A system, comprising: a virtualization platform configured to support a virtual network and a first virtual machine; physical network configuration circuitry, in data communication with a physical network switch, the physical network configuration circuitry configured to: when triggered by provisioning information, access a network port profile stored in a database, network port profile comprising a packet processing attribute characterizing operation of the first virtual machine; and configure a first port on the physical network switch responsive to the network port profile to support implementation of the packet processing attribute for the first virtual machine; and virtual administrator circuitry in data communication with the virtualization platform, the virtual administrator circuitry communicatively coupled to the physical network configuration circuitry and configured to: access the network port profile stored in the database; responsive to the network port profile, configure a second port on the first virtual machine to support implementation of the packet processing attribute send the provisioning information to the physical network configuration circuitry, to trigger the physical network configuration circuitry to access the network port profile; and deploy the first virtual machine in the virtual network with network connectivity through the physical network switch.