Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Defining routing domain for distributed packet processing
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Application No.: US15595917Application Date: 2017-05-15
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Publication No.: US10243846B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Caixia Jiang , Jianjun Shen , Pankaj Thakkar , Anupam Chanda , Ronghua Zhang , Ganesan Chandrashekhar , Vicky Liu , Da Wan , Frank Pan , Hua Wang , Donghai Han
- Applicant: Nicira, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
- Current Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Adeli LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/721
- IPC: H04L12/721 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L12/733

Abstract:
For a managed network including multiple host machines implementing multiple logical networks, some embodiments provide a method that reduces the memory and traffic load required to implement the multiple logical networks. The method generates configuration data for each of multiple host machines including (i) data to configure a host machine to implement a set of logical forwarding elements that belong to a set of routing domains and (ii) identifiers for each routing domain in the set of routing domains. The method then receives data regarding tunnels endpoints operating on each of the host machines and an association with the routing identifiers sent to the host machines. The method then generates a routing domain tunnel endpoint list for each routing domain based on the data received from each of the host machines including a list of the tunnel endpoints associated with the routing domain which the host machines can use to facilitate packet processing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180331948A1 DEFINING ROUTING DOMAIN FOR DISTRIBUTED PACKET PROCESSING Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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