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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2016
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bolt Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Jianjun Shen, Beijing, CN;
Jianwei Ma, Beijing, CN;
Donghai Han, Beijing, CN;
Ram D. Singh, San Jose, CA (US);
Frank Pan, Beijing, CN;
NICIRA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of defining a virtual network across a plurality of physical hosts is provided. At least two hosts utilize network virtualization software provided by two different vendors. Each host hosts a set of data compute nodes (DCNs) for one or more tenants. The method, at an agent at a host, receives a command from a network controller, the command includes (i) an identification a resource on a tenant logical network and (ii) an action to perform on the identified resource. The method, at the agent, determines the network virtualization software utilized by the host. The method, at the agent, translates the received action into a set of configuration commands compatible with the network virtualization software utilized by the host. The method sends the configuration commands to a network configuration interface on the host to perform the action on the identified resource.