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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2016
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Liwen Wu, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jia Yu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xinhua Hong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ronghua Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Leroy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
NICIRA INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Example methods are provided for a first routing component to handle failure at a logical router in a first network. One method may comprise learning first path information associated with a first path provided by an active second routing component, and second path information associated with a second path provided by a standby second routing component. The method may also comprise in response to detecting a first egress packet destined for a second network, sending the first egress packet to the active second routing component based on the first path information. The method may further comprise in response to detecting a failure at the active second routing component and detecting a second egress packet destined for the second network, sending the second egress packet to a new active second routing component based on the second path information.