Invention Application
- Patent Title: ADDRESS RESOLUTION HANDLING AT LOGICAL DISTRIBUTED ROUTERS
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Application No.: US16507045Application Date: 2019-07-10
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Publication No.: US20210014192A1Publication Date: 2021-01-14
- Inventor: Jia YU , Xinhua HONG , Yong WANG
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Main IPC: H04L29/12
- IPC: H04L29/12 ; H04L12/721 ; H04L12/713 ; H04L12/741

Abstract:
Example methods for a network device to perform address resolution handling. The method may comprise: in response to a first distributed router (DR) port of a first DR instance detecting an address resolution request from a second DR port of a second DR instance, generating a modified address resolution request that is addressed from a first address associated with the first DR port instead of a second address associated with the second DR port. The modified address resolution request may be broadcasted within a logical network that is connected to the first DR instance through network extension. The method may also comprise: in response to detecting an address resolution response that includes protocol-to-hardware address mapping information associated with an endpoint located on the logical network, generating and sending a modified address resolution response towards the second DR port of the second DR instance.
Public/Granted literature
- US11463398B2 Address resolution handling at logical distributed routers Public/Granted day:2022-10-04
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