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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Saikrishna M. Kotha, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Katukam, Milpitas, CA (US);
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for handling context aware network includes a managing server including a control unit, a memory coupled to the control unit, one or more virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) tables stored in the memory, and one or more ports coupled to the control unit and configured to couple the managing server to a network. The managing server is configured to store VRF information in the one or more VRF tables, receive a request packet including a context from a first edge switch, determine the context included in the request packet, examine the one or more VRF tables to identify a VRF-ID associated with the context, and forward a VRF configuration flow control message to the first edge switch. The managing server is further configured to forward one or more additional VRF configuration flow control messages to one or more second edge switches.