2018-09-02 Assigned to VMWARE, INC. reassignment VMWARE, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF
ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: FENG, YONG, JAIN …

A method of enforcing security rules for a packet on a host is provided. The method at a
security service dispatcher, determines a dispatching action on a packet for each of a group …

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An upstream service function forwarder (SFF) node includ ing a receiver configured to
receive a packet, a processor operably coupled to the receiver and configured to imple ment …

Some embodiments provide novel inline switches that dis tribute data messages from
source compute nodes (SCNs) to different groups of destination service compute nodes …

Some embodiments provide a novel method for load balancing data messages that are sent
by a source compute node (SCN) to one or more different groups of destination compute …

Some embodiments provide a novel content switching method that distributes requests for
different types of content to different sets of content servers. In some embodiments, the …

In one embodiment, a device in a network receives a packet that includes one or more
forwarding labels and a service function chaining (SFC) header. The device removes the …

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Some embodiments provide novel methods for performing services for machines operating
in one or more datacenters. For instance, for a group of related guest machines (eg, a group …