公开(公告)号：US20240195712A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18119842

申请日：2023-03-10

Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

Inventor： DEVRAJ NARENDRA BAHETI ,  AMBARISH PRASHANT PANDE ,  AVINASH NIGAM ,  VISHAL RANJAN

IPC: H04L43/026 ,  H04L45/745

CPC classification number: H04L43/026 ,  H04L45/745

Abstract: Embodiments for identifying workloads in a networking environment based on a flow record from an observation point are described. One embodiment of a method includes receiving network data from an endpoint in the networking environment, determining a plurality of administrative domains within the networking environment, and generating observation point mapping information that maps each observation point within the networking environment to one of the plurality of administrative domains. Some embodiments include generating a plurality of lookup tables, where a first lookup table is associated with a first administrative domain and where the first administrative domain corresponds to an L2 network that is disconnected from any router in the networking environment. Some embodiments include generating a workload identification table that maps combinations of IP addresses and administrative domains to workloads, receiving the flow record from the observation point, and identifying source and destination workloads of the flow record.

公开(公告)号：US20220393964A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17396861

申请日：2021-08-09

Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

Inventor： AMBARISH PRASHANT PANDE ,  DEVRAJ NARENDRA BAHETI ,  AVINASH NIGAM ,  VISHAL RANJAN ,  PRAHALAD DESHPANDE

IPC: H04L12/755 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/12

Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally involve identifying workloads in a multi-site networking environment. Embodiments include determining that a given network is stretched across a first network segment at a first site and a second network segment at a second site. Embodiments include creating a stretched administrative domain for the given network and mapping an address of the given network to the stretched administrative domain in a lookup table for an administrative domain associated with the first network segment. Embodiments include receiving a flow record from an observation point in the first network segment, the flow record having a source IP address associated with the second network segment and a destination IP address associated with the first network segment. Embodiments include identifying a source workload and destination workload of the flow record using the lookup table and a workload identification table that maps combinations of IP addresses and administrative domains to workloads.