METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING SWITCH VIRTUALIZATION IN A NETWORK OF INTERCONNECTED SWITCHES

摘要

One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that are executed by the processor. The computing system stores in a first table a first mapping between a first switch identifier and a next-hop switch identifier for the first switch identifier, and stores in a second table a second mapping between the first switch identifier and a first media access control (MAC) address of a remote device. The computing system encapsulates a first packet, which has first MAC address as a destination address, in a first encapsulation header with the first switch identifier as an egress switch identifier of the first encapsulation header. This encapsulated packet is forwarded in a network of interconnected switches based on the first encapsulation header.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
storing in a first table a first mapping between a first switch identifier and a next-hop switch identifier for the first switch identifier; storing in a second table a second mapping between the first switch identifier and a first media access control (MAC) address of a remote device; and encapsulating a first packet in a first encapsulation header with the first switch identifier as an egress switch identifier of the first encapsulation header, wherein the first MAC address is a destination address of the first packet, and wherein the encapsulated packet is forwarded in a network of interconnected switches based on the first encapsulation header.