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AssigneeBrocade Communications Systems, Inc.
InventorsShunjia Yu, Anoop Ghanwani, Phanidhar Koganti, Mythilikanth Raman, Rajiv Krishnamurthy, John Michael Terry, Wing Cheung, Joseph Juh-En Cheng, Surya P. Varanasi
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Systems and techniques for processing and forwarding packets are described. Some embodiments provide a system (e.g., a switch) which determines an internal virtual network identifier and/or an internal policy identifier for a packet based on a port on which the packet was received and/or one or more fields in the packet. The system can then process and forward the packet based on the internal virtual network identifier and/or internal policy identifier. In some embodiments, the system encapsulates the packet in a TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links) packet by adding a TRILL header to the packet. In some embodiments, the scope of an internal virtual network identifier and/or an internal policy identifier may not extend beyond a switch or a module within a switch.
A switch, comprising:
A system, comprising:
A network, comprising:
A method, comprising:
A switch, comprising:
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