METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA PACKET SWITCHING, ACCESS SWITCH AND SWITCHING SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for data packet switching, and an access switch and a switching system, so as to satisfy requirements of a datacenter for a switching bandwidth and a switching granularity. The method includes: receiving MAC frame control information; determining an interface used for forwarding an MAC frame according to the MAC frame control information and through performing a query on a MAC address forwarding table, where the interface used for forwarding the MAC frame includes a downlink interface, an uplink electrical packet switching network interface and/or an uplink optical packet switching network interface; transmitting a control signal to an electrical packet switching unit, so that the MAC frame is forwarded to the determined interface. According to the method provided in the present invention, the utilization rate of each interface can be improved.

主权项

1. A method for data packet switching, comprising:
receiving Media Access Control Address (MAC) frame control information, wherein the MAC frame control information comprises one or any combination of a destination MAC address, a virtual local area network identifier and frame protocol type information; determining an interface used for forwarding an MAC frame according to the MAC frame control information and through performing a query on a MAC address forwarding table, wherein the interface used for forwarding the MAC frame comprises a downlink interface, an uplink electrical packet switching network interface and/or an uplink optical packet switching network interface; and transmitting a control signal to an electrical packet switching unit, so that the MAC frame is forwarded to the determined interface.