Hardware switch for hypervisors and blade servers

摘要: A hardware switch for use with hypervisors and blade servers is disclosed. The enables switching to occur between different guest OSs running in the same server, or a multi-root IOV system, server single-root systems. Whether embedded host bus adapter (HBA), converged network (CNA), interface card (NIC) other similar device, can provide fast access sharing of at least one external port such as Fibre Channel (FC) port, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) FC over (FCoE) port. be utilized when no hypervisor present more have hypervisors, because it allows (e.g. switching) on single hypervisor.