Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managed forwarding element with conjunctive match flow entries
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Application No.: US14815904Application Date: 2015-07-31
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Publication No.: US09654424B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Benjamin L. Pfaff
- Applicant: Nicira, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
- Current Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Adeli LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/931
- IPC: H04L12/931 ; G06F17/30 ; G06F9/455 ; H04L12/743 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a method for a managed forwarding element that processes packets by comparing packet header field values of the packets to flow entries arranged in several tables. The method identifies a flow entry matched by the particular packet in a first table of the plurality of tables. When the matched flow entry in the first table belongs to one of several dimensions of a conjunctive set of flow entries, the method searches at least a second additional table for a flow entry matched by the particular packet that belongs to another of the several dimensions of the conjunctive set of flow entries. When flow entries from each of the several dimensions are matched by the particular packet, the method performs an action specified by a particular additional flow entry referenced by the matched flow entries from the several dimensions of the conjunctive set of flow entries.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170034082A1 Managed Forwarding Element With Conjunctive Match Flow Entries Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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