IN-PLACE CONVERSION OF A VIRTUAL SWITCH ON A HOST

• Main Authors: LOLAGE, Aarti, NIPANE, Nilesh, RAJGURU, Nikhil, KALE, Akshay, NANIWADEKAR, Kaustubh
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.03.2023

The disclosure provides an approach for in-place conversion of a virtual switch on a host. Techniques are provided for in-place conversion of a virtual switch from a first type of virtual switch to a destination type of virtual switch. A method includes rekeying, by a second manager agent, one or more uplink ports associated with one or more logical switches implemented by the virtual on the host with the unique identifier. The rekeying includes updating one or more existing uplink port identifiers assigned to the one or more uplink ports with the unique identifier associated with a first manager agent. The method includes removing, by the first manager agent, an association of the one or more uplink ports with the opaque network; and informing the first manager and the second manager that the virtual switch is of the destination type of virtual switch.