Abstract: A system and method for sharing network resources; the system comprising at least one network switch, at least one computing device comprising at least one network connection and at least one storage device containing software capable of initializing and maintaining: (i) a management local area network (MLAN) comprising a virtual or physical firewall; and (ii) a plurality of client virtual local area networks (VLANs), wherein each client VLAN comprises a virtual firewall and a plurality of network resources.
Abstract: A system and method for sharing network resources; the system comprising at least one network switch, at least one computing device comprising at least one network connection and at least one storage device containing software capable of initializing and maintaining: (i) a management local area network (MLAN) comprising a virtual or physical firewall; and (ii) a plurality of client virtual local area networks (VLANs), wherein each client VLAN comprises a virtual firewall and a plurality of network resources.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2011
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2013
Assignee:
Virtudatacenter Holdings, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Michael S Mazarick, Michael Emory Mazarick
Abstract: A system and method for sharing network resources; the system comprising: (1) at least one network switch; (2) a plurality of computing devices, where the computing device comprises (i) at least one network connection; (ii) a plurality of processing nodes; and (iii) at least one storage device containing software for (a) initializing and maintaining a plurality of top-layer virtual local area networks (VLANs), (b) initializing and maintaining a plurality of client VLANs; and (c) using an empty VLAN as a virtual wire between the client VLAN and a shared network resource.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 2007
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2011
Assignee:
Virtudatacenter Holdings, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Michael S. Mazarick, Michael E. Mazarick