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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2011
Martin Casado, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Teemu Koponen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pankaj Thakkar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
W. Andrew Lambeth, San Mateo, CA (US);
Alexander Yip, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Keith E. Amidon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul S. Ingram, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Martin Casado, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Teemu Koponen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pankaj Thakkar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
W. Andrew Lambeth, San Mateo, CA (US);
Alexander Yip, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Keith E. Amidon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul S. Ingram, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for managing several managed switching elements in a network. The method determines configurations for the several managed switching elements to implement a first logical data path set. Based on the determined configurations, the method configures a first set of the several managed switching elements to implement the first logical data path set. The method configures a second set of the several managed switching elements to implement a second logical data path set.