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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2017
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sreekanth Rupavatharam, Campbell, CA (US);
Erin C. MacNeil, Carp, CA;
Hariprasad Shanmugam, Kanata, CA;
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A device may receive, from the packet processing component and through an internal interface, a packet that includes a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) interface identifier associated with a VRF interface of a virtual device. The internal interface may be associated with multiple external interfaces. The device may modify a value identifying an incoming interface via which the packet is received after receiving the packet that includes the VRF interface identifier. The modified value may be associated with the virtual device, and the modified value may allow an upper communication layer to determine that the packet is associated with the virtual device. The device may provide the packet to the upper communication layer after modifying the value identifying the incoming interface via which the packet is received to permit the upper communication layer to forward the packet to a destination.