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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2019
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ming Shu, Beijing, CN;

Benli Ye, Beijing, CN;

Da Wan, Beijing, CN;

Qiong Wang, Beijing, CN;

Donghai Han, Beijing, CN;

Qiao Huang, Beijing, CN;

Xu Wang, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/20 (2013.01); H04L 43/14 (2013.01); H04L 43/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example methods and systems for a network management entity to perform configuration change monitoring. One example method may comprise receiving a request to monitor a datapath to which a configuration change is applicable. The datapath may include multiple network elements. The method may also comprise instructing the first host to inject, at a first network element, one or more trace packets for transmission along the datapath to a second network element. The method may further comprise: obtaining state information associated with the configuration change, and detecting that an operating condition associated with the datapath is affected by the configuration change based on the state information.


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