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- Patent Title: Disambiguating traffic in networking environments with multiple virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) logical routers
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Application No.: US17456054Application Date: 2021-11-22
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Publication No.: US11671358B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Xinhua Hong , Yong Wang , Jia Yu , Dexiang Wang
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
- Current Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L45/586
- IPC: H04L45/586 ; H04L12/66 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L49/354 ; H04L45/02 ; H04L45/64

Abstract:
The disclosure provides an approach for routing traffic in a network. Embodiments include receiving, by a service router of an edge services gateway (ESG), a packet comprising a virtual network identifier (VNI) and a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier. Embodiments include sending, by the service router, the packet to a virtual switch of the ESG based on the VNI of the packet. Embodiments include determining, by the virtual switch, a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) router of the ESG for the packet based on the VLAN identifier. Embodiments include forwarding, by the virtual switch, the packet to the VRF router.
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