NETWORK CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POPULATING LOGICAL DATAPATH SETS

For a network control system that receives, from a user, logical datapath sets that logically express desired forwarding behaviors that are to be implemented by a set of managed switching elements, a controller for managing several managed switching elements that forward data in a network that inclu...

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Hauptverfasser: Casado, Martin, Lambeth, W. Andrew, Koponen, Teemu, Thakkar, Pankaj
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:For a network control system that receives, from a user, logical datapath sets that logically express desired forwarding behaviors that are to be implemented by a set of managed switching elements, a controller for managing several managed switching elements that forward data in a network that includes the managed switching elements is described. The controller includes a set of modules for detecting a change in one or more managed switching elements and for updating logical datapath set based on the detected change. The logical datapath set is for subsequent translation into a set of physical forwarding behaviors of the managed switching elements.