发明名称 |
PROTOCOL INDEPENDENT MULTICAST SPARSE MODE (PIM-SM) SUPPORT FOR DATA CENTER INTERCONNECT |
摘要 |
Techniques are described for utilizing Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) to transport BUM (broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast) traffic in a Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) underlay of a data center, where the BUM traffic is received on active-active, multi-homed Ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) interconnects between multiple physical data centers. For example, the techniques may readily be applied to support usage of PIM-SM where provider edge (PE) routers of the EVPN operate as gateways between the EVPN and the VXLAN spanning the data center interconnect. |
申请公布号 |
EP3013006(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.04.27 |
申请号 |
EP20150190161 |
申请日期 |
2015.10.16 |
申请人 |
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. |
发明人 |
DRAKE, JOHN E;ZHANG, ZHAOHUI;SINGH, TAPRAJ;LIN, WEN |
分类号 |
H04L12/46;H04L12/18;H04L12/741 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/46 |
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