Invention Grant
- Patent Title: IP aliases in logical networks with hardware switches
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Application No.: US16577937Application Date: 2019-09-20
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Publication No.: US11196682B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Anupam Chanda
- 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: H04L12/931
- IPC: H04L12/931 ; H04L29/12

Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a novel method of configuring a managed hardware forwarding element (MHFE) that implements a logical forwarding element (LFE) of a logical network to handle address resolution requests (e.g., Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) requests) for multiple addresses (e.g., IP addresses) associated with a single network interface of the logical network. The method identifies a physical port of the MHFE with which the multiple addresses are to be associated. The physical port is coupled to an end machine (e.g., a virtual machine, server, container, etc.) of the logical network. The method then modifies associations stored at the MHFE to associate the physical port with the multiple addresses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200021541A1 IP ALIASES IN LOGICAL NETWORKS WITH HARDWARE SWITCHES Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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