Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Media access control (MAC) address learning in virtualized computing environments
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Application No.: US15616909Application Date: 2017-06-07
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Publication No.: US10225233B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Shrikrishna Khare , Boon Ang , Guolin Yang , Subin Cyriac Mathew
- Applicant: Nicira, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
- Current Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Su IP Consulting
- Main IPC: H04L29/12
- IPC: H04L29/12 ; H04L12/741 ; H04L12/823 ; H04L12/813 ; H04L12/721 ; H04L12/46 ; G06F9/455

Abstract:
Example methods are provided for a host to perform Media Access Control (MAC) address learning in a virtualized computing environment. The host includes multiple physical network interface controllers (NICs) configured as a team. The method may comprise: in response to detecting an egress packet that includes a source MAC address from a virtualized computing instance, learning address mapping information that associates the source MAC address with a virtual port; and sending the egress packet to a physical network via a first physical NIC selected from the team based on a NIC teaming policy. The method may also comprise: in response to detecting an ingress packet that also includes the source MAC address, determining whether the source MAC address has moved based on whether the ingress packet is received via the first physical NIC, or a second physical NIC from the team, but otherwise, maintaining the address mapping information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180359215A1 MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) ADDRESS LEARNING IN VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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