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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2019
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ankur Kumar Sharma, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xiaohu Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hongwei Zhu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ganesan Chandrashekhar, Campbell, CA (US);
Vivek Agarwal, Campbell, CA (US);
Nithin B. Raju, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
NICIRA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for a set of central controllers that manages forwarding elements operating in a plurality of datacenters. The method receives a configuration for a bridge between (i) a logical L2 network that spans at least two datacenters and (ii) a physical L2 network. The configuration specifies a particular one of the datacenters for implementation of the bridge. The method identifies multiple managed forwarding elements that implement the logical L2 network and are operating in the particular datacenter. The method selects one of the identified managed forwarding elements to implement the bridge. The method distributes bridge configuration data to the selected managed forwarding element.