Abstract:
In a system that includes a physical forwarding element (PFE), the mapping of each possible destination MAC address to a destination port number of the PFE is stored in a mapping table. A destination port number on the PFE is identified for a first packet in a sequence of packets arrived at a source port of the PFE by searching the mapping table and stores the destination port number in a caching table. For each packet after the first packet, when the destination MAC address of the packet matches the destination MAC address stored in the caching table, the destination port number stored in the caching table is used as the destination port number of the packet. Otherwise, a destination port number for the packet is identified by searching the mapping table and the destination port number stored in the caching table is replaced with the identified destination port number.
Abstract:
In a system that includes a physical forwarding element (PFE), the mapping of each possible destination MAC address to a destination port number of the PFE is stored in a mapping table. A destination port number on the PFE is identified for a first packet in a sequence of packets arrived at a source port of the PFE by searching the mapping table and stores the destination port number in a caching table. For each packet after the first packet, when the destination MAC address of the packet matches the destination MAC address stored in the caching table, the destination port number stored in the caching table is used as the destination port number of the packet. Otherwise, a destination port number for the packet is identified by searching the mapping table and the destination port number stored in the caching table is replaced with the identified destination port number.
Abstract:
A method of optimizing network processing in a system comprising a physical host and a set of physical network interface controllers (PNICs) is provided. The physical host includes a forwarding element. The method includes determining that a set of conditions is satisfied to bypass the forwarding element for exchanging packets between a particular data compute node (DCN) and a particular PNIC. The set of conditions includes the particular DCN being the only DCN connected to the forwarding element and the particular PNIC being the only PNIC connected to the forwarding element. The method exchanges packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC bypassing the forwarding element. The method determines that at least one condition in said set of conditions is not satisfied. The method utilizes the forwarding element to exchange packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC.
Abstract:
A method of optimizing network processing in a system comprising a physical host and a set of physical network interface controllers (PNICs) is provided. The physical host includes a forwarding element. The method includes determining that a set of conditions is satisfied to bypass the forwarding element for exchanging packets between a particular data compute node (DCN) and a particular PNIC. The set of conditions includes the particular DCN being the only DCN connected to the forwarding element and the particular PNIC being the only PNIC connected to the forwarding element. The method exchanges packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC bypassing the forwarding element. The method determines that at least one condition in said set of conditions is not satisfied. The method utilizes the forwarding element to exchange packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC.
Abstract:
A method of optimizing network processing in a system comprising a physical host and a set of physical network interface controllers (PNICs) is provided. The physical host includes a forwarding element. The method includes determining that a set of conditions is satisfied to bypass the forwarding element for exchanging packets between a particular data compute node (DCN) and a particular PNIC. The set of conditions includes the particular DCN being the only DCN connected to the forwarding element and the particular PNIC being the only PNIC connected to the forwarding element. The method exchanges packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC bypassing the forwarding element. The method determines that at least one condition in said set of conditions is not satisfied. The method utilizes the forwarding element to exchange packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC.
Abstract:
In a system that includes a physical forwarding element (PFE), the mapping of each possible destination MAC address to a destination port number of the PFE is stored in a mapping table. A destination port number on the PFE is identified for a first packet in a sequence of packets arrived at a source port of the PFE by searching the mapping table and stores the destination port number in a caching table. For each packet after the first packet, when the destination MAC address of the packet matches the destination MAC address stored in the caching table, the destination port number stored in the caching table is used as the destination port number of the packet. Otherwise, a destination port number for the packet is identified by searching the mapping table and the destination port number stored in the caching table is replaced with the identified destination port number.
Abstract:
In a system that includes a physical forwarding element (PFE), the mapping of each possible destination MAC address to a destination port number of the PFE is stored in a mapping table. A destination port number on the PFE is identified for a first packet in a sequence of packets arrived at a source port of the PFE by searching the mapping table and stores the destination port number in a caching table. For each packet after the first packet, when the destination MAC address of the packet matches the destination MAC address stored in the caching table, the destination port number stored in the caching table is used as the destination port number of the packet. Otherwise, a destination port number for the packet is identified by searching the mapping table and the destination port number stored in the caching table is replaced with the identified destination port number.
Abstract:
A method of optimizing network processing in a system comprising a physical host and a set of physical network interface controllers (PNICs) is provided. The physical host includes a forwarding element. The method includes determining that a set of conditions is satisfied to bypass the forwarding element for exchanging packets between a particular data compute node (DCN) and a particular PNIC. The set of conditions includes the particular DCN being the only DCN connected to the forwarding element and the particular PNIC being the only PNIC connected to the forwarding element. The method exchanges packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC bypassing the forwarding element. The method determines that at least one condition in said set of conditions is not satisfied. The method utilizes the forwarding element to exchange packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC.
Abstract:
A method of optimizing network processing in a system comprising a physical host and a set of physical network interface controllers (PNICs) is provided. The physical host includes a forwarding element. The method includes determining that a set of conditions is satisfied to bypass the forwarding element for exchanging packets between a particular data compute node (DCN) and a particular PNIC. The set of conditions includes the particular DCN being the only DCN connected to the forwarding element and the particular PNIC being the only PNIC connected to the forwarding element. The method exchanges packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC bypassing the forwarding element. The method determines that at least one condition in said set of conditions is not satisfied. The method utilizes the forwarding element to exchange packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC.
Abstract:
A method of optimizing network processing in a system comprising a physical host and a set of physical network interface controllers (PNICs) is provided. The physical host includes a forwarding element. The method includes determining that a set of conditions is satisfied to bypass the forwarding element for exchanging packets between a particular data compute node (DCN) and a particular PNIC. The set of conditions includes the particular DCN being the only DCN connected to the forwarding element and the particular PNIC being the only PNIC connected to the forwarding element. The method exchanges packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC bypassing the forwarding element. The method determines that at least one condition in said set of conditions is not satisfied. The method utilizes the forwarding element to exchange packets between the particular DCN and the particular PNIC.