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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 15, 2017
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Caixia Jiang, Beijing, CN;
Jianjun Shen, Beijing, CN;
Pankaj Thakkar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Anupam Chanda, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronghua Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Ganesan Chandrashekhar, Campbell, CA (US);
Vicky Liu, Beijing, CN;
Da Wan, Beijing, CN;
Frank Pan, Beijing, CN;
Hua Wang, Beijing, CN;
Donghai Han, Beijing, CN;
NICIRA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
For a managed network including multiple host machines implementing multiple logical networks, some embodiments provide a method that reduces the memory and traffic load required to implement the multiple logical networks. The method generates configuration data for each of multiple host machines including (i) data to configure a host machine to implement a set of logical forwarding elements that belong to a set of routing domains and (ii) identifiers for each routing domain in the set of routing domains. The method then receives data regarding tunnels endpoints operating on each of the host machines and an association with the routing identifiers sent to the host machines. The method then generates a routing domain tunnel endpoint list for each routing domain based on the data received from each of the host machines including a list of the tunnel endpoints associated with the routing domain which the host machines can use to facilitate packet processing.