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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ariel Tubaltsev, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ronghua Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin C. Basler, Mountain View, CA (US);
Serge Maskalik, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Rajiv Ramanathan, Cupertino, CA (US);
David J. Leroy, Saratoga, CA (US);
Srinivas Neginhal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kai-Wei Fan, San Jose, CA (US);
Ansis Atteka, Mountain View, CA (US);
NICIRA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a network system. The network system includes a first set of host machines for hosting virtual machines that connect to each other through a logical network. The first set of host machines includes managed forwarding elements for forwarding data between the host machines. The network system includes a second set of host machines for hosting virtualized containers that operate as gateways for forwarding data between the virtual machines and an external network. At least one of the virtualized containers peers with at least one physical router in the external network in order to advertise addresses of the virtual machines to the physical router.