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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Tijun Shi, Nanjing, CN;
Peilin Yang, Nanjing, CN;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A method, an apparatus, and a system for controlling sending of a MAC address forwarding table are provided. In the solution, when it is determined that a destination IP address is different from any IP address of a gateway to which a source virtual machine is attached, generation, according to an ARP request packet, a first MAC address forwarding table that is to be sent to the gateway is forbidden; and when it is determined that IP addresses of the gateway to which the source virtual machine is attached include an IP address that is the same as the destination IP address, a first MAC address forwarding table that is to be sent to the gateway is generated according to the ARP request packet, and the first MAC address forwarding table is sent to the gateway.