US 11,711,278 B2
Visualization of flow trace operation across multiple sites
Pritesh Ramesh Gajjar, Pune (IN); Pavan Vaidyula, Pune (IN); Tarang Khandelwal, Pune (IN); Shrinivas Sharad Parashar, Pune (IN); and Vaishnavi Ramamoorthy, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/530,898.
Claims priority of application No. 202141033335 (IN), filed on Jul. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023956 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 43/045 (2022.01); H04L 45/42 (2022.01); H04L 43/50 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/045 (2013.01) [H04L 43/50 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
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1. A method for presenting a visualization of a data message flow within a logical network that is implemented across a plurality of sites including a first site and a second site, the method comprising:
receiving flow tracing data regarding the data message flow from a source endpoint in the first site to a second endpoint in the second site, the data message flow processed according to logical forwarding elements (LFEs) implemented in at least the first and second sites, the LFEs comprising logical routers;
for each of a set of sites including the first and second sites through which the data message flow passes, identifying the LFEs that process the data message flow in the site including a particular logical router implemented as a distributed router and a set of at least two centralized routers, each respective centralized router implemented in a different respective site; and
presenting a visualization for the data message flow, the visualization comprising (i) a separate section for each of the set of sites through which the data message flow passes, each section indicating at least a subset of the LFEs that process the data message flow in the corresponding site for the section, and (ii) a separate graphical user interface (GUI) item corresponding to each of the set of centralized routers.