CHASSIS CONTROLLERS FOR CONVERTING UNIVERSAL FLOWS

摘要

A controller for managing several managed switching elements that forward data in a network is described. The controller includes an interface for receiving input logical control plane data in terms of input events data. The controller includes an input scheduler for (1) categorizing the input events data into different groups based on certain criteria and (2) scheduling supplying of the input event data into a converter based on the groups so that the converter processes a group of input events data together. The controller includes a converter for converting the input logical control plane data to output logical forwarding plane data. The logical forwarding plane data are for subsequent translation into physical control plane data.