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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;

Inventors:

Weilian Jiang, Nanjing, CN;

Yinjuan Zhang, Nanjing, CN;

Yuan Gao, Nanjing, CN;

Assignee:

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a forwarding entry establishment method for a VXLAN. A data center of the VXLAN includes a first layergateway device, a second layergateway device, and a first layergateway device separately connected to the first layergateway device and the second layergateway device. The first layergateway device is connected to a first host. The method includes: establishing, by the first layergateway device by using an exclusive IP address, an exclusive MAC address, and an exclusive VTEP identifier, a forwarding entry used for communication with the first host. In the embodiments of the disclosure, when one host directly communicates with a plurality of layergateway devices, a forwarding entry used for communication between the layergateway devices and the host is correctly established.


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