Virtual Switch Isolation

How can network contention and bandwidth competition between virtual servers be decreased?

Problem

Network contention and bandwidth competition between virtual servers on the same virtual switch needs to be alleviated.

Solution

The virtual server traffic needs to be isolated.

Application

Virtual switches can be used as isolation mechanisms to reduce network contention and bandwidth competition.

Mechanisms

Hypervisor, Physical Uplink, Virtual Infrastructure Manager, Virtual Network, Virtual Switch

Compound Patterns

Burst In, Burst Out to Private Cloud, Burst Out to Public Cloud, Cloud Authentication, Cloud Balancing, Elastic Environment, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Isolated Trust Boundary, Multitenant Environment, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Resilient Environment, Resource Workload Management, Secure Burst Out to Private Cloud/Public Cloud, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Each virtual server is provided with access to a physical uplink and virtual switch that cannot be accessed by the other virtual server.

Virtual Switches A and B are each provided with an individual physical uplink.

The two physical uplinks are connected to Physical Switch A.

Virtual Servers A and B are connected to Virtual Switches A and B.

The virtual servers are still connected to the virtual switches and cloud service consumers even if a physical switch or NIC experiences failure.