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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yonggang Wang, Beijing, CN;
Keyong Sun, Beijing, CN;
Frank Guo, Beijing, CN;
Dousheng Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Liang Li, Beijing, CN;
Nicira, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for processing address resolution protocol (ARP) packets in a computing environment. The method includes the steps of maintaining a table mapping internet protocol (IP) addresses to port identifiers (port IDs), receiving a packet, determining a type of the received packet, based on the type of the received packet being a first type, checking whether a destination IP address in the received packet matches an entry in the table, and if the destination IP address in the received packet matches an entry in the table: determining a port ID associated with the matching entry, and forwarding the received packet over a port associated with the determined port ID.