Route server mode for dynamic routing between logical and physical networks

    公开(公告)号:US11601362B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US16867546

    申请日:2020-05-05

    申请人: Nicira, Inc.

    摘要: Some embodiments provide a method for configuring a logical router that interfaces with an external network. The method receives a configuration for a logical network that includes a logical router with several interfaces that connect to at least one physical router external to the logical network. The method selects a separate host machine to host a centralized routing component for each of the interfaces. The method selects a particular one of the host machines for operating a dynamic routing protocol control plane that receives routing protocol data from each of the centralized routing components and updates routing tables of each of the centralized routing components.

    Tunnel-based service insertion in public cloud environments

    公开(公告)号:US11570104B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US17133555

    申请日:2020-12-23

    申请人: VMware, Inc.

    摘要: Example methods and systems are provided a network device to perform tunnel-based service insertion in a public cloud environment. An example method may comprise establishing a tunnel between the network device and a service path. The method may also comprise: in response to receiving a first encapsulated packet, identifying the service path specified by a service insertion rule; generating and sending a second encapsulated packet over the tunnel to cause the service path to process an inner packet according to one or more services. The method may further comprise: in response to receiving, from the service path via the tunnel, a third encapsulated packet that includes the inner packet processed by the service path, sending the inner packet processed by the service path, or a fourth encapsulated packet, towards a destination address of the inner packet.

    Enhancing network services based on edge clouds

    公开(公告)号:US11483379B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US17099313

    申请日:2020-11-16

    摘要: A method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for supporting services for customer traffic using edge clouds are disclosed. For example, a processing system may receive an indication of a set of customer devices of a customer of a network provider and an indication of a service of an edge cloud to be applied to customer traffic of the customer devices, support configuration of a network of the network provider to support a customer segment for the customer including configuration of a gateway of the network and a switch of the network that is associated with the edge cloud, support configuration of a virtual network between the switch and an edge cloud element supporting the service, and support configuration of the switch to support an association of the customer segment and the virtual network for supporting routing of the customer traffic to the service via the virtual network.

    DETECTING VLAN MISCONFIGURATION
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220321379A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17808226

    申请日:2022-06-22

    发明人: Jisheng Wang

    摘要: Disclosed are methods for detecting misconfigured VLANs. In some embodiments, traffic on a VLAN across multiple access points is categorized. Traffic on the VLAN at a single access point is then also categorized. The categorization of the VLAN traffic at the single access point can be in response to, for example, communication errors or other conditions. The two categorizations are then compared to determine if the VLAN traffic at the AP is consistent with the VLAN traffic across a network (e.g., an enterprise network). If the VLAN traffic at the AP is generally consistent with that across the network, this may indicate that a downstream network component, such as a switch or router, is misconfigured. Thus, some embodiments programmatically reconfigure the downstream component to forward traffic for the VLAN.

    CONNECTING TO MULTIPLE CLOUD INSTANCES IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20220255773A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-11

    申请号:US17730812

    申请日:2022-04-27

    发明人: Austin D. Ritchie

    摘要: Aspects of the disclosure involve systems and methods for utilizing Virtual Local Area Network separation in a connection, which may be a single connection, between a customer to a telecommunications network and a cloud environment to allow the customer to access multiple instances within the cloud through the connection. A customer may purchase multiple cloud resource instances from a public cloud environment and, utilizing the telecommunications network, connect to the multiple instances through a communication port or connection to the cloud environment. To utilize the single connection or port, communication packets intended for the cloud environment may be tagged with a VLAN tag that indicates to which cloud instance the packet is intended. The telecommunications network may route the packet to the intended cloud environment and configure one or more aspects of the cloud environment to analyze the attached VLAN tag to transmit the packet to the intended instance.