Resolving L2 mapping conflicts without reporter synchronization
US11595470B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 17, 2021 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of recording layer-2 (L2) mappings created for workloads executing on a plurality of hosts in a first database managed by a network management server: upon receipt of a first mapping reported by a first host, determining that the first mapping is not recorded in the first database; and in response to the determining that the received first mapping is not recorded in the first database, generating a first timestamp and persisting a first record in the first database that includes the first mapping and the first timestamp.
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