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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Pirabhu Raman, San Jose, CA (US);
Dinesh Dutt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mahesh Maddury, San Jose, CA (US);
Subbarao Arumilli, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vijay Rangarajan, Fremont, CA (US);
Ray Kloth, Saratoga, CA (US);
Sanjay Sane, Fremont, CA (US);
Pirabhu Raman, San Jose, CA (US);
Dinesh Dutt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mahesh Maddury, San Jose, CA (US);
Subbarao Arumilli, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vijay Rangarajan, Fremont, CA (US);
Ray Kloth, Saratoga, CA (US);
Sanjay Sane, Fremont, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a multi-destination packet at a switch in communication with a plurality of servers through a network device, identifying a port receiving the multi-destination packet at the switch or a forwarding topology for the multi-destination packet, selecting a bit value based on the identified port or forwarding topology, inserting the bit value into a field in a virtual network tag in the multi-destination packet, and forwarding the multi-destination packet with the virtual network tag to the network device. The network device is configured to forward the multi-destination packet to one or more of the servers based on the bit value in the multi-destination packet. An apparatus for forwarding multi-destination packets is also disclosed.