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Extension of network control system into public cloud

  • US 10,367,757 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2016
  • Issued: 07/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. For a first network controller that manages a logical network implemented on data compute nodes assigned to a particular tenant in a public multi-tenant datacenter comprising forwarding elements to which the first network controller does not have access, a method comprising:

  • identifying a first data compute node of the data compute nodes assigned to the particular tenant in the public multi-tenant datacenter that is configured to execute a second network controller; and

    distributing configuration data defining the logical network to the first data compute node,wherein the second network controller executing at the first data compute node distributes sets of the configuration data to a plurality of local agents executing on additional data compute nodes of the data compute nodes assigned to the particular tenant in the public multi-tenant datacenter that send and receive messages through the logical network, wherein both a managed forwarding element and a local agent execute on each of the additional data compute nodes, each local agent on a particular data compute node of the additional data compute nodes for receiving one of the sets of configuration data from the second network controller and configuring the managed forwarding element on the particular data compute node to implement the logical network according to the received set of configuration data.

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