Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Providing services to virtual overlay network traffic
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Application No.: US14724756Application Date: 2015-05-28
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Publication No.: US09699277B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Bhalachandra G. Banavalikar , Keshav G. Kamble , Dar-Ren Leu
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Zilka-Kotab, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L12/56 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L12/715 ; H04L12/701 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L12/713 ; H04L12/911 ; H04L12/931

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving network traffic, determining whether packets have an overlay header, terminating a tunnel and de-encapsulating inner packets of packets having an overlay header, performing services on the inner packets in response to a determination that services are to be performed on the inner packets, originating a tunnel, encapsulating a first packet of the serviced inner packets with an overlay header, and switching the encapsulated serviced inner packets to a destination address in a virtual network in response to determining that the first packet is to be switched to the destination address in the virtual network, and switching a second packet of the serviced inner packets to a destination address in a non-virtual network without encapsulating the serviced inner packets with the overlay header in response to a determination that the second packet is to be switched to the destination address in the non-virtual network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150288787A1 PROVIDING SERVICES TO VIRTUAL OVERLAY NETWORK TRAFFIC Public/Granted day:2015-10-08
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