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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2019
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Anubhav Gupta, Fremont, CA (US);
Rex Fernando, Fremont, CA (US);
Sanjay Kumar Hooda, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Syam Sundar Appala, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Samir Thoria, Saratoga, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a data packet from a first host located in the first site, where the data packet may be destined to a second host located in a second site that may be different from the first site, determining that an identifier of a second group to which the second host belongs is not available at the first network apparatus, sending a request for an identifier of the second group to a second network apparatus, where the request may comprise an address of the second host, receiving a response comprising the identifier of the second group from the second network apparatus, determining that the second group is a destination group, applying one or more policies associated with the destination group to the data packet, and causing the data packet to be routed to the second host.