Patent ID: 9306875
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of network controller instances for identifying definitions of a first logical datapath set (LDPS) and a second LDPS; a plurality of managed edge (ME) switching elements comprising a set of hardware switching elements and a set of software switching elements; a plurality of machines that are each (1) communicatively coupled to one of the plurality of ME switching elements and (2) associated with at least one of the first LDPS and the second LDPS; and a set of managed non-edge (MNE) switching elements for facilitating communication between the ME switching elements, wherein the plurality of network controller instances are further for managing the ME and MNE switching elements by providing the ME and MNE switching elements with configuration data for specifying flow entries for forwarding network data between machines of the plurality of machines based on the identified definitions of the first LDPS and the second LDPS.