- VIRTUALIZATION GATEWAY BETWEEN VIRTUALIZED AND NON-VIRTUALIZED NETWORKS

摘要

A method and apparatus for controlling communication between a virtualized network and a non-virtualized entity using a virtualization gateway is provided. The packet is sent to the non-virtualized entity by the virtual machine in the virtualized network. The packet is routed by the host of the virtual machine to the provider address of the virtualization gateway. The gateway translates the provider address of the gateway into the destination address of the non-virtualized entity and sends the packet to the non-virtualized entity. The non-virtualized entity may be a physical resource, such as a physical server or storage device. The physical resources may be dedicated to one customer or shared among customers.