Network virtualization apparatus

M Casado, T Koponen - US Patent 8,817,621, 2014 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a network virtualization apparatus for managing a plurality of
managed switching elements that forward data in a network. The network virtualization …

Distributed network control system with one master controller per managed switching element

T Koponen, M Casado, J Stribling, N Gude… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A network control system for managing several Switching elements. The
network control system includes first and sec ond controllers for generating data for …

Visualization of packet tracing operation results

A Nhu, BV Jegarajan, JS Sik, VRB Golla… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a method that receives a request for information regarding a
path between endpoints of a logical network. The method provides, for display, a visu …

Network virtualization apparatus and method

T Koponen, P Thakkar, M Casado… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a network virtualizer for manag ing several managed Switching
elements that forward data in a network. The virtualizer includes an interface for receiving …

Nesting transaction updates to minimize communication

T Koponen, A Padmanabhan - US Patent 9,602,421, 2017 - Google Patents
US9602421B2 - Nesting transaction updates to minimize communication - Google Patents
US9602421B2 - Nesting transaction updates to minimize communication - Google Patents …

Multi-domain interconnect

T Koponen, M Casado, P Thakkar, R Zhang… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A network system that includes a first set of network hosts in a first domain
and a second set of network hosts in a second domain. Within each of the domains, the …

Processing requests in a network control system with multiple controller instances

WA Lambeth, J Stribling, T Koponen - US Patent 9,008,087, 2015 - Google Patents
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Deployment of hierarchical managed switching elements

P Thakkar, T Koponen, PS Ingram… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a method that identifies several higher level switching elements
for facilitating lower level switching elements to forward packets among network hosts. The …

Chassis controllers for converting universal flows

T Koponen, P Thakkar, N Gude, WA Lambeth… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
A network control system for generating physical control plane data for managing first and
second managed forwarding elements that implement forwarding operations associated …

Automated network configuration of virtual machines in a virtual lab environment

A Dalal, LAI Min-Ken, A Bhardwaj - US Patent 9,952,892, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods, systems, and computer programs for creating virtual machines (VM) and
associated networks in a virtual infrastructure are presented. The method defines virtual …