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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2021
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Clarence Filsfils, Brussels, BE;
Jisu Bhattacharya, San Jose, CA (US);
Zafar Ali, Hicksville, NY (US);
Syed Kamran Raza, Kanata, CA;
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a packet comprising a destination address in a destination address field of the packet, where the destination address including at least a first global identifier and a second global identifier, determining that the first global identifier corresponds to the first network apparatus, determining that a local identifier in the destination address is associated with the first global identifier, identifying one or more instructions associated with the local identifier, performing one or more functions instructed by the one or more instructions, updating the destination address in the destination field of the packet to an updated destination address, determining a forwarding rule associated with the packet, and forwarding the packet with the updated destination address based on the forwarding rule.