Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anycast edge service gateways
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Application No.: US16447939Application Date: 2019-06-20
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Publication No.: US10911360B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Sami Boutros , Anirban Sengupta , Sreeram Ravinoothala , Liwen Wu
- 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: H04J1/16
- IPC: H04J1/16 ; H04L1/00 ; H04L12/803 ; H04L12/715 ; H04L12/66 ; H04L12/931 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L12/713 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/741

Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a method for managing traffic in a virtualized environment. The method, in some embodiments, configures multiple edge service gateways (ESGs) executing on multiple host machines (e.g., on a hypervisor) to use a same anycast inner internet protocol (IP) address and a same anycast inner media access control (MAC) address. In some embodiments, ESGs of a logical network facilitate communication between machines connected to the logical network and machines on external networks. In some embodiments, the method configures a set of virtual extensible local area network tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) connected to an ESG to use a same anycast VTEP IP address. The method, in some embodiments, configures a distributed logical router (DLR or DR) to send data packets with destinations outside the logical network from sources belonging to the logical network to the anycast VTEP IP address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190312812A1 ANYCAST EDGE SERVICE GATEWAYS Public/Granted day:2019-10-10
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