Patent ID: 9602421
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. For a controller for managing a network comprising managed forwarding elements that forward data in the network, a method for configuring a set of managed forwarding elements, the method comprising: generating a first set of flow entries for configuring the set of managed forwarding elements to forward packets as non-first-hop forwarding elements for a logical datapath set, each logical datapath in the logical datapath set defined by a logical ingress port and a logical egress port; generating a second set of flow entries for configuring the set of managed forwarding elements to forward packets as first-hop forwarding elements for the logical datapath set, wherein a first-hop managed forwarding element for a particular logical datapath has a physical port to which the logical ingress port of the logical datapath is mapped; and sending the first set of flow entries to the set of managed forwarding elements prior to sending the second set of flow entries to the set of managed forwarding elements.