In an Open vSwitch (OVS) architecture, which component resides in the kernel space and forwards packets from the network stack to the vNIC of the VM?

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In an Open vSwitch (OVS) architecture, which component resides in the kernel space and forwards packets from the network stack to the vNIC of the VM?

  • emulated PCIe device
  • vSwitch
  • pNIC driver
  • pNIC

Explanation: The vSwitch is responsible for moving data from the network stack and sending it to the vNIC of the VM.

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