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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
Vmware Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yu Ying, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yong Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Pankaj Gupta, Fremont, CA (US);
Sreeram Kumar Ravinoothala, San Jose, CA (US);
VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for implementing a logical router of a logical network at a first Pod executing on a first node of a Kubernetes cluster to implement data message forwarding for the logical router. The method receives a data message for processing by the logical router. The method determines that the data message requires layer 7 (L7) service processing at the logical router. The method selects a second Pod from multiple Pods that perform Lservice for the logical router. Each of the Pods executes on a different node of the cluster. The method forwards the data message to the second Pod via a layer 2 (L2) construct that connects the first and second Pods.