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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Sanjay Thyamagundalu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ravindra N. Rathi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ayaskant Pani, Fremont, CA (US);
Satyadeva Konduru, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A packet is generated at a first network connected device for transmission to a destination network device through a network comprising a plurality of pods. At least two of the plurality of pods are within separate management domains, and generating the packet comprises generating the packet with a first identifier and a second identifier. The first identifier indicates a pod of the plurality of pods in which the destination network connected device is located, and the second identifier indicates an identity of the destination network connected device within the pod of the plurality of pods. The packet is transmitted from the first network connected device to the destination network connected device.