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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Fei Guo, Beijing, CN;
Yonggang Wang, Beijing, CN;
Keyong Sun, Beijing, CN;
Dousheng Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Lele Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 12/1886 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 49/201 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); G06F 9/546 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01); H04L 12/465 (2013.01); H04L 2012/4629 (2013.01);
Abstract
A host computer and method for multicasting data between networking interfaces of hypervisors in a distributed computer system uses a Virtual Extensible LAN Network Identifier (VNI) assigned to a multicast group and an identifier of a VXLAN Tunnel End Point (VTEP) of the host computer associated to the VNI so that data being multicast for the multicast group can be routed to the networking interfaces via VTEPs associated with the VNI.