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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2022
Applicant:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Saumya Dikshit, Bangalore, IN;

Rajeev Jain, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/42 (2006.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/645 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 12/42 (2013.01); H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/645 (2022.05);
Abstract

In an example, a network switch is to receive a loop detect packet from an access netwssork connected to a Data center network (DCN). The DCN includes a VXLAN overlay and the network switch is configured as a VTEP. The network switch compares the VNI of a source VTEP from which the loop detect packet originates with a locally configured VNI. In response to a match, it is determined that the network switch is configured as a peer VTEP. Import RT in the loop detect packet is compared with an export RT of the peer VTEP and the export RT in the loop detect packet is compared with an import RT of the peer VTEP. Based on the comparison, it is determined whether a VXLAN tunnel is configured between the peer and the source VTEPs. In response to the VXLAN tunnel being configured, the switch may determine that a network loop is present.


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