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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy Hinrichs, Los Altos, CA (US);
Peter J. Balland, III, Dublin, CA (US);
Martin Casado, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Pierre-Emmanuel Ettori, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for a system that enforces policy for a network. The method receives (i) a first set of network state data from a first cloud management application that manages a first aspect of the network and stores its network state data in a first format and (ii) a second set of network state data from a second cloud management application that manages a second aspect of the network and stores its network state data in a second format. The method stores the first and second sets of network state data in a single, unified data format. The method monitors the stored sets of network state data to determine whether the network state violates one or more network policies that constrain the network state received from the first and second cloud management applications.