CPC H04L 41/22 (2013.01) [H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 43/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/36 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of assessing health of a logical network implemented over a shared physical network, the logical network comprising a set of one or more logical forwarding elements (LFEs) each of which is implemented by a set of two or more managed forwarding elements (MFEs) on a set of two or more host computers, the method comprising:
on each particular host computer of a plurality of host computers executing at least one particular machine connected to the logical network:
sending health monitoring messages to a set of one or more other machines executing on a set of one or more other host computers to assess health of logical links connecting the particular machine to each of the other machines;
based on responses to the health monitoring messages, generating data regarding the health of each logical link connecting the particular machine and each of the other machines; and
providing the generated data to a topology generator that produces a report regarding the health of the logical links between the machines connected to the logical network.
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