Method and system for facilitating switch virtualization in a network of interconnected switches

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• storing in a first table a first mapping between a first switch identifier and a next-hop switch identifier for the first switch identifier;
• storing in a second table a second mapping between the first switch identifier and a first media access control (MAC) address of a remote device;
• and
• encapsulating a first packet in a first encapsulation header with the first switch identifier as an egress switch identifier of the first encapsulation header, wherein the first MAC address is a destination address of the first packet, and wherein the encapsulated packet is forwarded in a network of interconnected switches based on the first encapsulation header.

A computing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
• storing in a first table a first mapping between a first switch identifier and a next-hop switch identifier for the first switch identifier;
• storing in a second table a second mapping between the first switch identifier and a first media access control (MAC) address of a remote device;
• and
• encapsulating a first packet in a first encapsulation header with the first switch identifier as an egress switch identifier of the first encapsulation header, wherein the first MAC address is a destination address of the first packet, and wherein the encapsulated packet is forwarded in a network of interconnected switches based on the first encapsulation header.