US 11,113,085 B2 · Virtual network abstraction

Abstract

A method of defining a virtual network across a plurality of physical hosts is provided. At least two hosts utilize network virtualization software provided by two different vendors. Each host hosts a set of data compute nodes (DCNs) for one or more tenants. The method, at an agent at a host, receives a command from a network controller, the command includes (i) an identification a resource on a tenant logical network and (ii) an action to perform on the identified resource. The method, at the agent, determines the network virtualization software utilized by the host. The method, at the agent, translates the received action into a set of configuration commands compatible with the network virtualization software utilized by the host. The method sends the configuration commands to a network configuration interface on the host to perform the action on the identified resource.

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Dependent claims

A method of defining a virtual network across a plurality of physical host computers, the method comprising:

at an agent executing on a particular host computer that hosts a plurality of data compute nodes (DCNs) belonging to one or more tenant logical networks:
receiving a command from a network controller that provides commands to a plurality of agents executing on a plurality of different host computers that each host sets of DCNs belonging to one or more tenant logical networks, wherein at least two different host computers execute two different types of network virtualization software provided by two different vendors, the command comprising (i) an identification of a resource associated with a particular tenant logical network by to which a DCN executing on the particular host computer connects and (ii) an action to perform on the identified resource;
determining a type of network virtualization software executing on the particular host computer;
translating the received action into a set of configuration commands compatible with the type of network virtualization software executing on the particular host computer;
and
sending the configuration commands to a network configuration interface on the host computer to perform the action on the identified resource.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for an agent which when executed by at least one processing unit of a particular physical host computer defines a virtual network across a plurality of physical host computers, wherein the particular host computer hosts a plurality of data compute nodes (DCNs) belonging to one or more tenant logical networks, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

receiving a command from a network controller that provides commands to a plurality of agents executing on a plurality of different host computers that each host sets of DCNs belonging to one or more tenant logical tenant networks, wherein at least two different host computers execute two different types of network virtualization software provided by two different vendors, the command comprising (i) an identification of a resource associated with a particular tenant logical network to which a DCN executing on the particular host computer connects and (ii) an action to perform on the identified resource;
determining a type of network virtualization software executing on the particular host computer;
translating the received action into a set of configuration commands compatible with the type of network virtualization software executing on the host computer;
and
sending the configuration commands to a network configuration interface on the host computer to perform the action on the identified resource.

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A system comprising:

a set of processing units;
and
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for an agent which when executed by at least one processing unit of a physical host computer defines a virtual network across a plurality of physical host computer, wherein the particular host computer hosts a plurality of data compute nodes (DCNs) belonging to one or more tenant logical networks, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
receiving a command from a network controller that provides commands to a plurality of agents executing on a plurality of different host computers that each host sets of DCNs belonging to one or more tenant logical networks, wherein at least two different host computers execute two different types of network virtualization software provided by two different vendors, the command comprising (i) an identification of a resource associated with a particular tenant logical network to which a DCN executing on the particular host computer connects and (ii) an action to perform on the identified resource;
determining a type of network virtualization software executing on the particular host computer;
translating the received action into a set of configuration commands compatible with the type of network virtualization software executing on the particular host computer;
and
sending the configuration commands to a network configuration interface on the host computer to perform the action on the identified resource.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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