Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Troubleshooting virtual network reachability
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Application No.: US16290900Application Date: 2019-03-02
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Publication No.: US11206192B2Publication Date: 2021-12-21
- Inventor: Xinhua Hong , Ronghua Zhang , David J. Leroy , Yong Wang , Jia Yu
- 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: H04L12/24
- IPC: H04L12/24 ; H04L12/26

Abstract:
A novel method for troubleshooting a logical network is provided. The logical network has logical forwarding elements operating inside virtual network forwarding engines. The method receives a source identifier and a destination identifier that correspond to nodes in the logical network. The method then retrieves a set of network data from a virtual network forwarding engine and identifies a path in the logical network by traversing the logical network according to the retrieved set of network data. This traversal starts at an initial network node that is identified by the source identifier and continues through a set of next-hop network nodes that are each identified based on the destination identifier. At least some of the network nodes are logical ports associated with logical forwarding elements implemented by the virtual network forwarding engine. The method then reports the set of traversed logical nodes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190199600A1 TROUBLESHOOTING VIRTUAL NETWORK REACHABILITY Public/Granted day:2019-06-27
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