Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-tenant aware dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) mechanism for cloud networking
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Application No.: US15809146Application Date: 2017-11-10
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Publication No.: US10425381B2Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Liang Rong , Gang Tang , Zi J. Tao , Ming S. Xian
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C.
- Agent Isaac Gooshaw; Andrew M. Calderon
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; H04L29/12 ; H04L12/46
Abstract:
An approach includes providing support multi-tenancy support on a DHCP protocol. The approach includes receiving a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) packet, inserting a tenant-specific option information within the DHCP packet, and transmitting the DHCP packet with the tenant-specific option information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180077114A1 MULTI-TENANT AWARE DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL (DHCP) MECHANISM FOR CLOUD NETWORKING Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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