1. A method comprising: configuring routing of network communications in a platform employing a plurality of virtual machines (VM) and a plurality of network ports, wherein each of a first VM and second VM are configured to at least one of send or receive communications via at least two network ports and employing a filtered channel bonding driver to filter network communications originating at the first VM and destined for the second VM to loop back the network communications within the platform by routing the network communications from the first VM via one of the at least two network ports to the second VM.