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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Dayavanti G. Kamath, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Keshav G. Kamble, Fremont, CA (US);
Jayakrishna Kidambi, San Jose, CA (US);
Abhijit P. Kumbhare, San Jose, CA (US);
Vijoy A. Pandey, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor. The logic is configured to cause the processor to receive, at a first end point station, information exchange packets from all end point stations in a virtual network having a specified VNID, process each received information exchange packet to retrieve information about connections at each end point station in the virtual network having the specified VNID, and assemble a Tunnel Information Base (TIB) for a selected tunnel end point. Each of the information exchange packets include a MAC address for all member VMs in the virtual network having the specified VNID connected to each end point station in the virtual network having the specified VNID. In addition, the TIB includes a Tunnel ID, the specified VNID, and MAC addresses of the member VMs of the virtual network having the specified VNID.