US 11,736,436 B2
Identifying routes with indirect addressing in a datacenter
Avinash Nigam, Pune (IN); Devraj N. Baheti, Akola (IN); and Amol Manohar Vaikar, Pune (IN)
Assigned to VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/185,824.
Claims priority of application No. 202041057383 (IN), filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210120 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 61/2557 (2022.01); H04L 61/2517 (2022.01); H04L 61/256 (2022.01); H04L 45/741 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 61/2557 (2013.01) [H04L 61/256 (2013.01); H04L 61/2517 (2013.01); H04L 45/741 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of identifying a route in a network between a first network endpoint and a second network endpoint, the method comprising:
determining that the first network endpoint cannot directly address a packet flow to the second network endpoint;
based on the determination that the first network endpoint cannot directly address the packet flow to the second network endpoint, identifying an address translation rule of a network device that translates an address of the second network endpoint into a translated address;
determining that the first network endpoint can directly address a packet flow to the translated address;
identifying a route from the first network endpoint to the second endpoint through the network device that translates the address; and
displaying the route including an identifier of the network device.