Patent attributes
For a managed network implementing at least one logical router having centralized and distributed components, some embodiments provide a method for processing multicast data messages at a first managed forwarding element (MFE) executing on a first host machine that implements a distributed multicast logical router and multiple logical switches logically connected to the logical router in conjunction with a set of additional MFEs executing on additional host machines. The method replicates multicast data messages received from a source data compute node (DCN), operating on the first host machine, that logically connects to a first logical switch of the multiple logical switches. The method replicates the multicast data message to a set of DCNs in the multicast group in the logical network without routing through a centralized local multicast router.
