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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2023
Vmware Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhengsheng Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Jianjun Shen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Wenfeng Liu, Beijing, CN;
Donghai Han, Beijing, CN;
VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for using a first SDN controller as a Network Controller as a Service (NCaaS). The first SDN controller receives a first set of network attributes regarding network elements in a first container cluster configured by a second SDN controller, and a second set of network attributes regarding network elements in a second container cluster configured by a third SDN controller. These container clusters do not have a controller for defining particular network policies. Based on the sets of network attributes, the first SDN controller defines the particular network policies to control forwarding data messages between the first and second container clusters. The first SDN controller distributes at least a subset of the particular network policies to the first container cluster in order for network elements at the first container cluster to enforce on data messages exchanged between the first and second container clusters.