Simulation-based cross-cloud connectivity checks

    公开(公告)号:US11050647B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-29

    申请号:US16780859

    申请日:2020-02-03

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Example methods and systems are provided for simulation-based cross-cloud connectivity checks. One example method may include injecting a connectivity check packet in a first cloud environment, and obtaining first report information associated with a first stage of forwarding the connectivity check packet from one or more first observation points in the first cloud environment. The method may also comprise: based on configuration information associated with one or more second observation points in the second cloud environment, simulating a second stage of forwarding the connectivity check packet towards a second virtualized computing instance via the one or more second observation points. The method may further comprise: generating second report information associated with the simulated second stage to identify a connectivity status between a first virtualized computing instance and the second virtualized computing instance based on the first report information and the second report information.

    Query failure diagnosis in software-defined networking (SDN) environments

    公开(公告)号:US10938632B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16278198

    申请日:2019-02-18

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Example methods are provided for a network management entity to perform query failure diagnosis in a software-defined networking (SDN) environment. The method may comprise receiving a request to diagnose a query failure; and generating and sending control information to a host to cause the host to inject, at a first network element, a diagnostic packet for transmission along a datapath to a query failure via multiple second network elements. The diagnostic packet may be a query configured according to a query protocol supported by the query server. The method may also comprise: receiving report information associated with the diagnostic packet from at least one of the following: the first network element, the multiple second network elements and the query failure; and based on the report information, determining a diagnosis result associated with the query failure.

    Network configuration failure diagnosis in software-defined networking (SDN) environments

    公开(公告)号:US11005745B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-11

    申请号:US16278194

    申请日:2019-02-18

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Example methods are provided for a network management entity to perform network configuration failure diagnosis in a software-defined networking (SDN) environment. The method may comprise receiving a request to diagnose a network configuration failure; and generating and sending control information to a host to cause the host to inject, at a first network element, a diagnostic packet for transmission along a datapath to a configuration server via multiple second network elements. The diagnostic packet may be configured according to a network configuration protocol supported by the configuration server. The method may also comprise: receiving report information associated with the diagnostic packet from at least one of the following: the first network element, the multiple second network elements and the configuration server; and based on the report information, determining a diagnosis result associated with the network configuration failure.

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