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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Inventor:
Bin Yu, Nanjing, CN;
Assignee:
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/4675 (2013.01); H04L 12/4645 (2013.01); H04L 41/0803 (2013.01);
Abstract
A virtual eXtensible local area network (VXLAN) method comprises obtaining, by a network device, a mapping from a virtual local area network identifier VLAN ID to a VXLAN network identifier VNI, receiving, by the network device through a port, an Ethernet frame forwarded by an access device, where a VLAN tag field in the Ethernet frame includes the VLAN ID, adding, by the network device, a VXLAN header to the Ethernet frame based on the VLAN ID and the mapping to obtain a VXLAN packet, where a VNI field in the VXLAN header includes the VNI, and sending, by the network device, the VXLAN packet.