Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Route server for distributed routers using hierarchical routing protocol
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Application No.: US16210410Application Date: 2018-12-05
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Publication No.: US10797998B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Vijayalaxmi Basavaraj , Ankur Dubey
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
- Current Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Adeli LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/741
- IPC: H04L12/741 ; H04L12/715 ; H04L12/733 ; H04L12/721 ; H04L12/717

Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a method for a computing device that implements a centralized logical routing component of a logical network that handles data traffic between the logical network and an external physical network. The method receives a first routing protocol message from a machine that implements a route server for a distributed logical routing component of the logical network. The first routing protocol message includes (i) a parameter identifying the machine as a route server and (ii) a set of logical network addresses. The method receives a second routing protocol message from the route server that specifies a next hop address for the set of logical network addresses. The method adds a route specifying the next hop address for the set of logical network addresses to a routing table of the centralized logical routing component. The added route has a higher priority than routes received from the external physical network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200186468A1 ROUTE SERVER FOR DISTRIBUTED ROUTERS USING HIERARCHICAL ROUTING PROTOCOL Public/Granted day:2020-06-11
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