Distributed logical L3 routing

T Koponen, R Zhang, M Casado, P Thakkar… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
A novel method for configuring first and second managed forwarding elements to perform
logical L2 switching and L3 routing is described. The method generates a first set of flow …

Providing a virtual security appliance architecture to a virtual cloud infrastructure

GH Cooper, M Nedbal, HS Nadkarni - US Patent 9,571,507, 2017 - Google Patents
A method in an embodiment includes detecting a change for a virtual machine in a virtual
server of a virtual network infrastructure, determining whether a virtual security appliance is …

Management and implementation of enclosed local networks in a virtual lab

A Dalal, LAI Min-Ken, A Bhardwaj - US Patent 8,838,756, 2014 - Google Patents
Methods, systems, and computer programs for creating isolated environments that include
virtual machines (VM) and networks in a virtual infrastructure are presented. The method …

Scalable architecture for enterprise extension in a cloud topology

LE Li, T Woo - US Patent 8,619,779, 2013 - Google Patents
Various embodiments relate to a Cloud Data Center, a system comprising the Cloud Data
Center, and a related method. The Cloud Data Center may include a logical customer edge …

Migration of complex applications within a hybrid cloud environment

CT Watt - US Patent 9,461,969, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and methods for the migration of complex com puter applications
and the workloads comprising them between physical, virtual, and cloud servers that span a …

Distributed data center access switch

M Smith, A Elangovan, D Thompson… - US Patent 8,213,336, 2012 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor configured for operation in a control
plane in a distributed virtual switch in communication with a plurality of virtual machines …

Method and apparatus for implementing and managing distributed virtual switches in several hosts and physical forwarding elements

M Casado, P Ingram, KE Amidon, PJ Balland III… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
In general, the present invention relates to a virtual platform in which one or more distributed
virtual switches can be created for use in virtual networking. According to some aspects, the …

Private allocated networks over shared communications infrastructure

WA Lambeth, A Dalal, B Deianov, J Xiao - US Patent 8,619,771, 2013 - Google Patents
The intranet traffic within each PAN is not visible to nodes that are not connected to the each
PAN. In another operation, the method defines addressing mode tables for the intranet traffic …

System and method for preventing data loss using virtual machine wrapped applications

S Agarwal, LCL Tarbotton - US Patent 9,552,497, 2017 - Google Patents
A method in one example implementation includes selecting at least one criterion for
controlling data transmission from within a virtual machine. At least one application is …

WAN optimizer for logical networks

A Padmanabhan, R Zhang, P Thakkar… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine readable medium of a controller of a
network control system for configuring a wide area network (WAN) optimizer instance to …