Patent ID: 9306843
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. For a controller for managing a network comprising a plurality of managed forwarding elements that forward data in the network, a method for configuring the managed forwarding elements, the method comprising: generating a first set of configuration data for configuring a managed forwarding element as a first-hop forwarding element for (i) receiving a packet directly from an end machine that is a source of the packet and (ii) forwarding the packet towards an end machine that is a destination of the packet; generating a second set of configuration data for configuring a set of managed forwarding elements as non-first-hop forwarding elements for (i) receiving the packet not directly from the source end machine and (ii) forwarding the packet towards the destination end machine; and sending the second set of configuration data to the set of managed forwarding elements prior to sending the first set of configuration data to the managed forwarding element.