METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING CLOUD SERVICES

• US 20200136963A1
• Filed: 10/31/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Gang, Zhao, Wei
• Granted Patent: US 10,673,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/02 Topology update or discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/04 Interdomain routing, e.g. hierarchical routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/34 Source routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/42 Centralised routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/74 Address processing for routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/25 Routing or path finding in a switch fabric

Abstract

Systems and methods for accessing cloud services by managing network routes are provided. A network switch may receive network routes and forward the network routes to a route server where the network routes are saved and calculated. The route server may select a subset of the calculated network routes on which the network switch is able to directly forward data packets and configure a switch forwarding table. The network switch may receive the switch forwarding table, forward data packets having destination IP addresses in the switch forwarding table to the destination IP addresses directly, and forward other data packets to the default gateway server. A default gateway server may receive the calculated network routes from the route server enabling the gate server to forward any received data packets, and receive, from the network switch, the other data packets for forwarding to their destination IP addresses.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving network routes by a network switch, the network switch having a limited routing table size;

receiving, by a route server, the network routes from the network switch;

storing the network routes in the route server;

calculating the network routes by the route server;

selecting, by the route server, a subset of the calculates network routes to configure a switch forwarding table;

receiving the calculated network routes by a default gateway server from the route server;

receiving, by the network switch, the switch forwarding table from the route server;

receiving, by the network switch, data packets;

comparing, by the network switch, destination IP addresses of the received data packets with information in the switch forwarding table,

for data packets having destination IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table;

forwarding, by the network switch, the data packets having destination IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table to the default gateway server, and

forwarding, by the default gateway server, the received data packets having the IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table to the destination IP addresses; and

for data packets having destination IP addresses in the switch forwarding table;

forwarding, by the network switch, the data packets having destination IP addresses in the switch forwarding table to the destination IP addresses.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the network routes by the network switch includes receiving the network routes from a user via a leased line.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting, by the route server, the subset of the calculated network routes to configure the switch forwarding table includes selecting the subset of the calculated network routes on which the network switch is able to directly forward data packets.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein forwarding, by the network switch, the data packets having the destination IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table to the default gateway server includes forwarding, by the network switch, the data packets to the default gateway server by using default routes.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating, in the network switch, a corresponding container for each of a plurality of tenants coupled to the network switch;

initiating a border gateway protocol (BGP) speaker in the corresponding container to establish a corresponding BGP session with a corresponding BGP endpoint in an Internet data center (IDC) coupled to the network switch; and

exchanging network routes according to the corresponding BGP session.

4. (canceled)

5. (canceled)

7. (canceled)

9. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing computer-executable modules executable by the one or more processors, the computer-executable modules including;

a network switch module communicatively coupled to an Internet data center (IDC) and a plurality of tenants, the network switch module configured to receive network routes and having a limited routing table size;

a route server module communicatively coupled to the network switch module, the route server module configured to;

receive the network routes from the network switch module,

store and calculate the network routes, and

select a subset of the calculated network routes to configure a switch forwarding table; and

a default gateway server module communicatively coupled to the network switch module and the route server module, the default gateway server module configured to receive the calculated network routes from the route server module,

wherein the network switch module is further configured to;

receive the switch forwarding table from the route server module,

receive data packets,

compare destination IP addresses of the received data packets with information in the switch forwarding table,

for data packets having destination IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table;

forward data packets having destination IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table to the default gateway server module,

for data packets having destination IP addresses in the switch forwarding table;

forwarding the data packets having destination IP addresses in the switch forwarding table to the destination IP addresses, and

wherein the default gateway server module is further configured to forward the received data packets having the IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table to the destination IP addresses.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein:

each of the plurality of tenants has a corresponding container in the network switch, and

each container is configured to start a boarder border gateway protocol (BGP) speaker to establish a BGP session with a BGP endpoint in the IDC and to exchange network routes.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the network switch module is further configured to receive the network routes from a user via a leased line.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the route server module is further configured to select the subset of the calculated network routes to configure the switch forwarding table by selecting the subset of the calculated network routes on which the network switch module is able to directly forward data packets.

13. (canceled)

14. (canceled)

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the network switch module is further configured to forward the data packets having the destination IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table to the default gateway server module by using default routes.

16. (canceled)

17. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions executable by one or more processors, that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving network routes by a network switch, the network switch having a limited routing table size;

receiving, by a route server, the network routes from the network switch;

storing the network routes in the route server;

calculating the network routes by the route server;

selecting, by the route server, a subset of the calculated network routes to configure a switch forwarding table, the subset of the calculated network routes being routes on which the network switch is able to directly forward data packets;

receiving the calculated network route by a default gateway server from the route server;

receiving, by the network switch, the switch forwarding table from the route server;

receiving, by the network switch, data packets;

comparing, by the network switch, destination IP addresses of the received data packets with information in the switch forwarding table,

for data packets having destination IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table;

forwarding, by the network switch, the data packets having destination IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table to the default gateway server, and

forwarding, by the default gateway server, the received data packets having the IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table to the destination IP addresses; and

for data packets having destination IP addresses in the switch forwarding table;

forwarding, by the network switch, the data packets having destination IP addresses in the switch forwarding table to the destination IP addresses.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein forwarding, by the network switch, the data packets having the IP addresses not in the switch forwarding table to the default gateway server includes forwarding, by the network switch, the data packets to the default gateway server by using default routes.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

creating, in the network switch, a corresponding container for each of a plurality of tenants coupled to the network switch;

initiating a border gateway protocol (BGP) speaker in the corresponding container to establish a corresponding BGP session with a corresponding BGP endpoint in an Internet data center (IDC) coupled to the network switch; and

exchanging network routes according to the corresponding BGP session.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein receiving the network routes by the network switch includes receiving the network routes from a user via a leased line.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein selecting, by the route server, the subset of the calculated network routes to configure the switch forwarding table includes selecting the subset of the calculated network routes on which the network switch is able to directly forward data packets.

18. (canceled)