Vmware llc (20250133019). DISTRIBUTED BRIDGING BETWEEN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE-DEFINED OVERLAYS
DISTRIBUTED BRIDGING BETWEEN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE-DEFINED OVERLAYS
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Mukesh Hira of Palo Alto CA US
Hongwei Zhu of Mountain View CA US
DISTRIBUTED BRIDGING BETWEEN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE-DEFINED OVERLAYS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250133019 titled 'DISTRIBUTED BRIDGING BETWEEN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE-DEFINED OVERLAYS
Original Abstract Submitted
some embodiments provide a method for configuring a network to bridge data messages between a hardware-implemented l2 overlay network segment and a software-implemented l2 overlay network segment. the method identifies a host computer on which a logical network endpoint connected to the software-implemented overlay executes. the hardware-implemented l2 overlay connects at least a first set of network endpoints located in a first physical network zone and connected to a first l2 network segment and a second set of network endpoints located in a second physical network zone and connected to a second l2 network segment. the identified host computer is located in the first physical network zone. the method configures a forwarding element executing on the host computer to bridge data messages between the logical network endpoint and (i) the first set of network endpoints and (ii) the second set of network endpoints.