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  • Patent number: 8621104
    Abstract: A facility for configuring a virtual data center is described. A user such as an administrator uses a management interface to input information specifying a configuration for a virtual data center including virtual network nodes and virtual routers. In response, the facility instantiates each virtual network router needed for the configuration, such as by, for each, instantiating on commodity hardware a virtual machine running a general-purpose operating system used to provide routing services to the virtual network nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Skytap
    Inventors: Peter Holland, Bradley M. Schick
  • Patent number: 8478902
    Abstract: A facility for configuring a virtual data center is described. A user such as an administrator uses a management interface to input information specifying a configuration for a virtual data center including virtual network nodes and virtual routers. In response, the facility instantiates each virtual network router needed for the configuration, such as by, for each, instantiating on commodity hardware a virtual machine running a general-purpose operating system used to provide routing services to the virtual network nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Skytap
    Inventors: Peter Holland, Bradley M. Schick
  • Patent number: 8601158
    Abstract: A facility for configuring a virtual data center is described. A user such as an administrator uses a management interface to input information specifying a configuration for a virtual data center including virtual network nodes and virtual routers. In response, the facility instantiates each virtual network router needed for the configuration, such as by, for each, instantiating on commodity hardware a virtual machine running a general-purpose operating system used to provide routing services to the virtual network nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Skytap
    Inventors: Peter Holland, Bradley M. Schick
  • Patent number: 9430260
    Abstract: A facility for configuring a virtual data center is described. A user such as an administrator uses a management interface to input information specifying a configuration for a virtual data center including virtual network nodes and virtual routers. In response, the facility instantiates each virtual network router needed for the configuration, such as by, for each, instantiating on commodity hardware a virtual machine running a general-purpose operating system used to provide routing services to the virtual network nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Skytap
    Inventors: Peter Holland, Bradley M. Schick