18381804. DISTRIBUTED BRIDGING BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND OVERLAY NETWORK SEGMENTS (VMware LLC)
DISTRIBUTED BRIDGING BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND OVERLAY NETWORK SEGMENTS
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Mukesh Hira of Palo Alto CA US
Hongwei Zhu of Mountain View CA US
DISTRIBUTED BRIDGING BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND OVERLAY NETWORK SEGMENTS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18381804 titled 'DISTRIBUTED BRIDGING BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND OVERLAY NETWORK SEGMENTS
Original Abstract Submitted
Some embodiments provide a method for configuring a network to bridge data messages between a logical overlay network layer 2 (L2) segment and a physical L2 segment. The method identifies each host computer in the network on which at least one logical network endpoint connected to the logical overlay network L2 segment executes. For each identified host computer, the method configures a forwarding element executing on the identified host computer to bridge (i) data messages sent from the logical network endpoints executing on the identified host computer to network endpoints connected to the physical L2 segment and (ii) data messages sent from network endpoints connected to the physical L2 segment, executing on the identified host computer and on other host computers in the network, to the logical network endpoints executing on the identified host computer.