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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 26, 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
For a network that includes several managed edge switching elements and several managed non-edge switching elements that are for implementing a logical switching element, some embodiments provide a method of distributing packet processing across the several managed non-edge switching elements. The method receives a packet for processing through the logical switching element. Based on a determination that the packet needs to be processed by a managed non-edge switching element, the method determines a particular managed non-edge switching element of the several managed non-edge switching elements to forward the packet. The method forwards the packet to the particular managed non-edge switching element for the particular managed non-edge switching element to process the packet.