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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2012
Donald B Grosser, Apex, NC (US);
Shankara Ramamurthy, Chennai, IN;
Donald B Grosser, Apex, NC (US);
Shankara Ramamurthy, Chennai, IN;
Extreme Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, mechanisms, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for dynamically tagging VLANs. For example, in one embodiment such means include: means for receiving a packet having identified therein a source Media Access Control (MAC) address and a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Identifier, wherein the VLAN identifier corresponds to a VLAN which is non-existent on a network switch; means for modifying the packet received to include two VLAN tags, a first VLAN tag corresponding to the VLAN identifier identified within the packet received and a second VLAN tag, distinct from the first; means for determining no forwarding database entry exists for the modified packet; and means for creating the VLAN on the network switch to handle received packets tagged with the VLAN identifier.