Defining routing domain for distributed packet processing

1. A method for facilitating implementation of logical routing by a plurality of managed forwarding elements (MFEs), the method comprising:

generating configuration data for configuring a particular MFE of the plurality of MFEs to implement a set of logical switches belonging to a set of routing domains, the configuration data comprising a unique identifier for each routing domain, wherein each MFE of the plurality of MFEs comprises at least one tunnel endpoint;

from each MFE of a set of the plurality of MFEs, receiving data regarding associations between routing domain identifiers and tunnel endpoints of the MFE;

based on the received data, generating, for each routing domain in the set of routing domains, a list of the tunnel endpoints associated with the routing domain; and

sending the list for each routing domain in the set of routing domains to the particular MFE to facilitate packet processing.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular MFE comprises a plurality of tunnel endpoints,

wherein a first tunnel endpoint of the MFE is associated with a first routing domain identifier, and

wherein a second tunnel endpoint of the MFE is associated with a second routing domain identifier.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data regarding associations between routing domain identifiers and tunnel endpoints of each MFE is received from a local controller executing on a same host machine as the MFE.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MFE uses the list sent for a particular routing domain to facilitate Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packet processing.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein using the list sent for the particular routing domain comprises:

using the list to identify a set of tunnel endpoints at a set of other MFEs in the plurality of MFEs that are in the particular routing domain; and

sending out an ARP packet to the identified set of tunnel endpoints.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the ARP packet is one of an ARP request packet and a gratuitous ARP (GARP) packet.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tunnel endpoints are virtual extensible local area network (VXLAN) tunnel endpoints (VTEPs).

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein facilitating packet processing comprises comparing tunnel endpoint identifiers in the list for a particular routing domain to a tunnel endpoint identifier received as part of a particular ARP packet for the particular routing domain to determine whether the association between the tunnel endpoint identifier and a MAC address associated with the particular ARP packet will be learned by the MFE.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the association between the tunnel endpoint identifier and the MAC address associated with the particular ARP packet is learned only if the tunnel identifier matches a tunnel identifier in the list sent for the particular routing domain.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the learned association between the tunnel endpoint identifier and the MAC address associated with the particular ARP packet is used to send an ARP reply packet as a unicast packet.

11. A method for implementing logical routing, at a managed forwarding element (MFE) of a plurality of MFEs, the method comprising:

receiving, from a network controller, configuration data for implementing a set of logical switches belonging to a set of routing domains, the configuration data comprising a unique identifier for each routing domain in the set of routing domains;

sending to the network controller associations between the routing domain identifiers and tunnel endpoints of the MFE;

for each routing domain in the set of routing domains, receiving, from the network controller, a list that specifies the tunnel endpoints of the plurality of MFEs that are associated with the routing domain; and

wherein the received lists are used by the MFE for processing packets for the set of routing domains.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the MFE comprises a plurality of tunnel endpoints,

wherein a first tunnel endpoint of the MFE is associated with a first routing domain identifier, and

wherein a second tunnel endpoint of the MFE is associated with a second routing domain identifier.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method is performed by a local controller executing on a same host machine as the MFE, the method further comprising providing the received lists to the MFE.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the MFE uses the list sent for a particular routing domain to facilitate ARP packet processing.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein using the list sent for the particular routing domain comprises:

using the list to identify a set of tunnel endpoints at a set of other MFEs in the plurality of MFEs that are in the particular routing domain; and

sending out an ARP packet to the identified set of tunnel endpoints.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the ARP packet is one of an ARP request packet and a gratuitous ARP (GARP) packet.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the tunnel endpoints are virtual extensible local area network (VXLAN) tunnel endpoints (VTEPs).

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein using the received lists for packet processing comprises comparing tunnel endpoint identifiers in the list for a particular routing domain to a tunnel endpoint identifier received as part of a particular ARP packet for the particular routing domain to determine whether the association between the tunnel endpoint identifier and a MAC address associated with the particular ARP packet will be learned by the MFE.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the association between the tunnel endpoint identifier and the MAC address associated with the particular ARP packet is learned only if the tunnel identifier matches a tunnel identifier in the list sent for the particular routing domain.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the learned association between the tunnel endpoint identifier and the MAC address associated with the particular ARP packet is used to send an ARP reply packet as a unicast packet.