公开(公告)号：US10581730B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US16033203

申请日：2018-07-12

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Miao Yan ,  Keyong Sun ,  Dousheng Zhao ,  Yonggang Wang

IPC: H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/931 ,  H04L12/715 ,  H04L12/861 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/46 ,  G06F9/455 ,  H04L12/26

Abstract: Example methods are provided for a host to perform packet processing using a service chain in a software-defined networking (SDN) environment. The method may comprise establishing a datapath between a first virtualized computing instance and a second virtualized computing instance in the service chain, the datapath bypassing a forwarding element to which the first virtualized computing instance and the second virtualized computing instance are connected. The method may also comprise: the first virtualized computing instance obtaining a packet that requires processing by the service chain, and performing packet processing according to a first service. The method may further comprise: the second virtualized computing instance obtaining the processed packet via the datapath, and performing packet processing according to a second service.