Logical network traffic analysis

RF Lenglet, R Ramanathan, J Xiao - US Patent 10,469,342, 2019 - Google Patents
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for gathering data for logical network
traffic analysis by sampling flows of packets forwarded through a logical network. Some …

Detecting and handling elephant flows

T Koponen, J Pettit, M Casado, B Davie… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a forwarding element that detects and handles elephant flows.
In detecting, the for warding element of some embodiments monitors statistics or …

Load balancing and destination network address translation middleboxes

R Zhang, T Koponen, P Thakkar, M Casado - US Patent 10,514,941, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A controller of a network control system for configuring several middlebox
instances is described. The middlebox instances implement a middlebox in a distributed …

Network control system for configuring middleboxes

R Zhang, T Koponen IV, P Thakkar… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a method for configuring a logical middlebox in a hosting
system that includes a set of nodes. The logical middlebox is part of a logical network that …

Tracing network packets through logical and physical networks

I Ganichev, P Thakkar, T Koponen, M Dong - US Patent 10,181,993, 2019 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a method for a first network controller that manages a set of
logical forwarding elements implemented in several managed forwarding elements. The …

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 …

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 …

Architecture of networks with middleboxes

T Koponen, R Zhang, P Thakkar, M Casado - US Patent 10,191,763, 2019 - Google Patents
Primary Examiner—Liang Che A Wang (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Adeli LLP (57)
ABSTRACT Some embodiments provide a system for implementing a logical network that …

Network interface card switching for virtual networks

TRS Babu, X Hu, S Su - US Patent 10,243,840, 2019 - Google Patents
In some examples, a computing device comprises a virtual network endpoint; a network
interface card (NIC) compris ing a first hardware component and a second hardware …

Performing a multi-stage lookup to classify packets

EJ Jackson, J Rajahalme - US Patent 10,498,638, 2019 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a method for a forwarding element that forwards packets. The
method receives a packet. The method performs a first stage lookup of a hash table for a first …