公开(公告)号：US12254340B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-18

申请号：US18103516

申请日：2023-01-31

Applicant: VMware LLC

Inventor： Fenil Kavathia ,  Anuprem Chalvadi ,  Yang Ping ,  Akhila Naveen ,  Yong Feng ,  Kantesh Mundaragi ,  Rahul Mishra ,  Pierluigi Rolando ,  Jayant Jain ,  Raju Koganty

IPC: G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/54 ,  H04L12/46 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04L41/5003 ,  H04L41/5054 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/302 ,  H04L45/586 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L45/745 ,  H04L47/125 ,  H04L47/17 ,  H04L47/19 ,  H04L47/2425 ,  H04L49/00 ,  H04L49/25 ,  H04L61/2592 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/1001 ,  H04L67/101 ,  H04L67/51 ,  H04L67/56 ,  H04L67/563 ,  H04L67/60 ,  H04L69/321 ,  H04L69/324 ,  H04L69/325 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L101/622

Abstract: Some embodiments provide novel methods for performing services for machines operating in one or more datacenters. For instance, for a group of related guest machines (e.g., a group of tenant machines), some embodiments define two different forwarding planes: (I) a guest forwarding plane and (2) a service forwarding plane. The guest forwarding plane connects to the machines in the group and performs L2 and/or L3 forwarding for these machines. The service forwarding plane (1) connects to the service nodes that perform services on data messages sent to and from these machines, and (2) forwards these data messages to the service nodes. In some embodiments, the guest machines do not connect directly with the service forwarding plane.