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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2018
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kapil Goyal, San Jose, CA (US);
NICIRA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for a central network manager that stores desired state information for multiple logical network entities for a logical network. The method stores (i) a desired state configuration for a logical network entity and (ii) a first state tracking object that identifies a version of the desired state configuration for at least the logical network entity. The method propagates to a set of managed forwarding elements (i) configuration data for the logical network entity and (ii) a second state tracking object for the logical network entity that identifies a version of the propagated configuration data. The first and second state tracking objects are compared to determine whether the propagated configuration data is based on the most recent desired state configuration.