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Chassis controller

  • US 9,954,793 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2016
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory machine readable medium of a host machine storing a controller application which when executed by at least one processing unit of the host machine controls forwarding behavior of a managed forwarding element (MFE) that also executes on the host machine, the controller application comprising sets of instructions for:

  • receiving data that defines forwarding behavior of a logical forwarding element (LFE) of a logical network that logically connects a set of end machines that execute on the host machine to a plurality of other end machines that execute on a plurality of other host machines, wherein the end machines are sources and destinations of logical network data traffic forwarded by the MFE;

    based on the received data, generating data for defining forwarding behavior of the MFE to implement the LFE; and

    distributing the generated data to the MFE to implement the LFE in conjunction with a plurality of other MFEs executing on the plurality of other host machines that also implement the LFE.

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