Ingress ECMP in virtual distributed routing environment
US9413644B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/64
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A logical routing element (LRE) having multiple designated instances for routing packets from physical hosts (PH) to a logical network is provided. A PH in a network segment with multiple designated instances can choose among the multiple designated instances for sending network traffic to other network nodes in the logical network according to a load balancing algorithm. Each logical interface (LIF) of an LRE is defined to be addressable by multiple identifiers or addresses, and each LIF identifier or address is assigned to a different designated instance.
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