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Logical L3 daemon

US9461960B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

Nicira, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ronghua Zhang · San Jose, US
Jesse E. Gross, IV · San Francisco, US
Teemu Koponen · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 1, 2013
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 4, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L61/2592
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For a network controller for managing hosts in a network, a method for configuring a host to resolve network addresses is described. The method configures an address resolution module in a host to resolve a network address. The method configures a managed forwarding element in the host to (1) avoid sending a request to resolve the network address to another host by using the address resolution module to resolve the network address and (2) forward packets using the resolved network address.

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