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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2013
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Igor Ganichev, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pankaj Thakkar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul Fazzone, San Jose, CA (US);
Teemu Koponen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel J. Wendlandt, Portola Valley, CA (US);
NICIRA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for a network controller that manages several managed forwarding elements. The method receives a request to trace a specified packet having a particular source on a logical switching element. The method generates the packet at the network controller according to the packet specification. The generated packet includes an indicator that the packet is for a trace operation. The method inserts the packet into a managed forwarding element associated with the particular source. The method receives a set of messages from a set of managed forwarding elements that process the packet regarding operations performed on the packet.