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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Peng Han, Beijing, CN;
Jun Jie Nan, Beijing, CN;
Hong Jun Tu, Beijing, CN;
Yue Yu, Beijing, CN;
Hua Zhang, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism is provided for reducing network load in a software defined network. The mechanism is executed by a virtual machine hypervisor. The mechanism receives a network broadcast request sent by a source virtual machine node; acquires a first destination address in the network broadcast request; and reads a predefined mapping rule of the first destination address and a second destination address. An address of a node in the software defined network is configured by using the predefined mapping rule. The mechanism derives the second destination address corresponding to the first destination address according to the mapping rule. The mechanism responds to the network broadcast request by using the derived second destination address.