Managing and controlling a distributed network service platform

摘要

A distributed network service platform comprises: a logical data plane configured to process packets that are received by a plurality of physical devices, transmitted by the plurality of physical devices, or both, the logical data plane being physically distributed on the plurality of physical devices; and a logical control plane configured to manage and control the logical data plane, the logical control plane comprising one or more physical control planes operating on one or more physical devices.

主权项

1. A distributed network service platform comprising:
a logical data plane configured to process packets that are received by a plurality of physical servers, transmitted by the plurality of physical servers, or both, the logical data plane being physically distributed on the plurality of physical servers; and a logical control plane configured to manage and control the logical data plane, the logical control plane comprising one or more physical control planes operating on one or more physical servers; wherein: the plurality of physical servers are configured to execute a corresponding plurality of virtualization infrastructure management applications; and the logical data plane comprises:
a first physical data plane comprising a first service engine configured to execute in a first virtual machine (VM) on a first physical server; anda second physical data plane comprising a second service engine configured to execute in a second VM on a second physical server; and the first service engine and the second service engine are configured to:
receive the packets from respective virtual switches, wherein the first service engine is configured to receive packets from a first virtual switch, the first virtual switch being provided in the first physical server, and the first virtual switch corresponding to the first service engine redirects traffic to the first service engine without redirecting the same traffic to other service engines; andcooperate to provide a distributed network service to at least one target application instance, the distributed network service being provided to both the first physical server and the second physical server.