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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Metaswitch Networks Ltd, Enfield, GB;
Inventor:
Christopher David Liljenstolpe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Metaswitch Networks Ltd., Enfield, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/747 (2013.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/742 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 47/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Measures for establishing connectivity in a data center network are provided. A virtual connection is created between a virtual system hosted on a server in a data center network, and a packet forwarding function in that server. Additionally, an entry is populated in a packet forwarding data store in the server, which includes an internet protocol (IP) address of the virtual system and an associated identifier for the created virtual connection. The packet forwarding data store is accessed by the packet forwarding function when making forwarding decisions for received data packets.