Patent ID: 7742398

Claim:
A method of redirecting information in a segmented virtual machine (VM) including a shell VM and a core VM, the method comprising: establishing a first connection between an external application and the shell VM via a switch to transfer information between the external application and the core VM via the switch, the shell VM, and a communication link between the shell VM and the core VM; establishing a second connection between the shell VM and the core VM via the switch such that the information between the external application and the core VM is transferred via the shell VM, the switch, and the second connection instead of the communication link; and using the switch to stitch a portion of the first connection between the external application and the switch and a portion of the second connection between the switch and the core VM to redirect the information between the external application and the core VM, wherein the switch transfers data via the portion of the first connection and the portion of the second connection, thereby bypassing the shell VM; wherein: the shell VM and the core VM each perform some but not all functions of the segmented VM.