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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

W. Andrew Lambeth, San Mateo, CA (US);

Teemu Koponen, San Francisco, CA (US);

Martin Casado, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/933 (2013.01); H04L 12/935 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 49/1546 (2022.01); H04L 45/586 (2022.01); H04L 49/00 (2022.01); H04L 47/783 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 41/0896 (2022.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/0853 (2022.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); G06F 15/17312 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 47/783 (2013.01); H04L 49/00 (2013.01); H04L 49/1546 (2013.01); H04L 49/3063 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); G06F 11/07 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05);
Abstract

A method of implementing a logical switching element. The method generates data for programming a set of two or more physical forwarding elements to implement the logical switching element. The method uses a first controller to distribute at least a first portion of the generated data to a first plurality of physical forwarding elements in the set of physical forwarding elements. The first controller serves as the master controller for the first plurality of physical forwarding elements. The method uses a second controller to distribute at least a second portion of the generated data to a second plurality of physical forwarding elements in the set of physical forwarding elements. The second controller serves as the master controller for the second plurality of physical forwarding elements.


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