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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Srikanth Keesara, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Roger Lapuh, Uessligen, CH;
Assignee:
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/721 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/44 (2013.01); H04L 45/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) and gateway Media Access Controller (MAC) distribution is presented. At least one subnet associated with a Layer 2 Virtual Switching Network (L2VSN) is provided on a network device. A message is propagated to a distributed Datapath. Network devices install the message as a routable MAC address on the L2VSN for the Layer 3 Virtual Switching Network/Virtual Routing and Forwarding (L3VSN/VRF) associated with the message. Edge devices route packets on the L2VSN addressed to the gateway MAC address.