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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Stephan Benny, San Jose, CA (US);
Uday S. Nagaraj, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to providing default gateway virtualization in a distributed overlay virtual environment. One embodiment includes a method that includes creating a packet by a first virtual machine (VM) including a first destination address. The packet is received from the first VM by a first virtual switch. A second destination address for a second VM is obtained by the first virtual switch based on information in the packet. The first destination address in the packet is replaced with the second destination address. The packet is encapsulated using a header that is addressed for a second virtual switch.