公开(公告)号：US11876675B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US17592451

申请日：2022-02-03

Applicant: VMware LLC

Inventor： Valentina Reutova ,  Petro Rudy ,  Poonam Chugh ,  Mukesh Hira ,  Vivek Ganesan ,  Ankur Dubey ,  Bo Hu

IPC: H04L41/08 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04L41/0853 ,  H04L41/084

CPC classification number: H04L41/0816 ,  H04L41/0846 ,  H04L41/0853 ,  H04L41/0883

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of migrating a first software defined (SD) network managed by a first network manager to a second SD network managed by a second network manager. The method of some embodiments is performed by a third network manager that provides an interface that allows a set of users to specify and review logical network components, which the first and second network managers can then respectively deploy in the first and second SD networks. The third network manager in some embodiments identifies for a migration manager a first group of two or more logical network components that the third network manager previously specified for the first network manager to deploy in the first SD network. The migration manager then uses this information to correctly convert the first group of logical network components to a second group of two or more logical components in an appropriate manner that will allow the third network manager to manage the second group of logical network components that is implemented in the second SD network.