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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2013
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Suran Saminda de Silva, Saratoga, CA (US);
Shyam Kapadia, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rajesh Babu Nataraja, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nilesh Shah, Fremont, CA (US);
Pei-chun Cheng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving at a first network element a packet from a second network element; processing the packet at the first network element to obtain information regarding an identity of a virtual machine ('VM') hosted by the second network element contained within the packet; and storing at the first network element the identifying information. The identifying information stored at the first network element is accessible by at least one third network element. In some embodiments, the first network element comprises a physical switch and the second network element comprises a virtual switch.