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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2018
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Atri Indiresan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Roberto Kobo, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Sanjay Kumar Hooda, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Akshay Sunil Dorwat, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/72 (2013.01); H04L 61/1517 (2013.01); H04L 61/2592 (2013.01);
Abstract

Multi-VRF universal device Internet Protocol (IP) address for fabric edge devices may be provided. This address may be used to send and receive packets in a connectivity message for all VRFs on a fabric edge device. First, a request packet may be created by a first network device in response to receiving a connectivity message. The request packet may have a source address corresponding to an address of the first network device and a destination address corresponding to an address of a first client device. Next, the first network device may encapsulate the request packet. The first network device may then forward the encapsulated request packet to a second network device associated with the first client device.


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