Network fabric overlay
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United States of America Patent
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Jan 23, 2018
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Oct 31, 2014
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Nov 5, 2013
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of forwarding packets on a network, such as a leaf-spine network having leaf devices and spine devices. The methods may include receiving a packet at an ingress leaf device, and determining based, at least in part, on a header of the packet whether the packet is to be transmitted to a spine device. The methods may further include ascertaining based, at least in part, on a header of the packet whether to perform encapsulation on the packet, encapsulating the packet according to a result of the ascertaining, and then transmitting the packet to a spine device according to a result of the determining. Also disclosed herein are network apparatuses which include a processor and a memory, at least one of the processor or the memory being configured to perform some or all of the foregoing described methods.
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International Classification(s)
- 2014 Application Filing Year
- H04L Class
- 29135 Applications Filed
- 23333 Patents Issued To-Date
- 80.09 % Issued To-Date
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Patent Citation Ranking
- 39 Citation Count
- H04L Class
- 96.16 % this patent is cited more than
- 7 Age
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