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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2021
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Danting Liu, Beijing, CN;
Jianjun Shen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Wenfeng Liu, Beijing, CN;
Rui Cao, Beijing, CN;
Ran Gu, Beijing, CN;
Donghai Han, Beijing, CN;
VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The method of some embodiments allocates a secondary network interface for a pod, which has a primary network interface, in a container network operating on an underlying logical network. The method receives an ND that designates a network segment. The method receives the pod, wherein the pod includes an identifier of the ND. The method then creates a secondary network interface for the pod and connects the secondary network interface to the network segment. In some embodiments, the pods include multiple ND identifiers that each identify a network segment. The method of such embodiments creates multiple secondary network interfaces and attaches the multiple network segments to the multiple secondary network interfaces.