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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth James Duda, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Adam James Sweeney, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/64 (2022.01); H04L 45/74 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 49/00 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 45/586 (2022.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
In general, embodiments of the invention relate to routing packets between hosts or virtual machines in different layerdomains. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to using overlay routing mechanisms in an Internet Protocol (IP) fabric to enable communication between hosts or virtual machines in different layerdomains to communication. The overlay routing mechanisms may include direct routing, indirect routing, naked routing, or a combination thereof (e.g., hybrid routing).