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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vivek Agarwal, Campbell, CA (US);
Ganesan Chandrashekhar, Campbell, CA (US);
Abhishek Goliya, Pune, IN;
Akshay Katrekar, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
NICIRA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/773 (2013.01); H04L 12/933 (2013.01); H04L 12/947 (2013.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/66 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/60 (2013.01); H04L 49/15 (2013.01); H04L 49/25 (2013.01); H04L 49/35 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 69/324 (2013.01); H04L 69/325 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system provisions global logical entities that facilitate the operation of logical networks that span two or more datacenters. These global logical entities include global logical switches that provide L2 switching as well as global routers that provide L3 routing among network nodes in multiple datacenters. The global logical entities operate along side local logical entities that are for operating logical networks that are local within a datacenter.