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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Nikhil Gopinath Shetty, Milpitas, CA (US);
Siva Gaggara, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ravindra Nandalal Rathi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jialin Song, Cupertino, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An example method for to inter-pod traffic redirection and handling in a multi-pod network environment is provided and includes receiving a packet with an overlay header outgoing from a first pod, identifying the packet as redirected based on a source address in the overlay header indicating a second pod and a destination address in the overlay header indicating a third pod, the first pod being distinct from the second pod and the third pod, setting a redirection bit in the overlay header tagging the packet as redirected, and transmitting the packet to the third pod.