Associating VXLANS With Tunnels
AssigneeHangzhou H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsJun YANG, Hui CAO, Fengshan DU, Wei GUO
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Abstract
Via a tunnel configured on a Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) Tunnel End Point (VTEP), a notification message is received from a peer VTEP over the tunnel. The received notification message contains VXLAN Network Identifiers (VNIs) of VXLANs currently configured on the peer VTEP. For each of VXLANs currently configured on the VTEP, when the same VXLAN as the VXLAN configured on the VTEP exists in the VXLANs indicated by the VNIs contained in the received notification message and when the VXLAN configured on the VTEP has not been associated with the tunnel, the VXLAN configured on the VTEP is associated with the tunnel.
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A method for associating a Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) with a tunnel, applied to a VXLAN Tunnel End Point (VTEP) in a VXLAN and comprising:
- receiving, via a tunnel configured on the VTEP, a notification message from a peer VTEP over the tunnel, and the received notification message containing VXLAN Network Identifiers (VNIs) of VXLANs currently configured on the peer VTEP;
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- for each of VXLANs currently configured on the VTEP, when the same VXLAN as the VXLAN configured on the VTEP exists in the VXLANs indicated by the VNIs contained in the received notification message and when the VXLAN configured on the VTEP has not been associated with the tunnel, associating the VXLAN configured on the VTEP with the tunnel.
An apparatus for associating a Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) with a tunnel, applied to a VXLAN Tunnel End Point (VTEP) in a VXLAN and comprising a receiving module and an associating module;
- the receiving module is to receive, via a tunnel configured on the VTEP, a notification message from a peer VTEP over the tunnel, and the received notification message contains VNIs of VXLANs currently configured on the peer VTEP;
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- for each of VXLANs currently configured on the VTEP, when the same VXLAN as the VXLAN configured on the VTEP exists in the VXLANs indicated by the VNIs contained in the notification message received by the receiving module and when the VXLAN configured on the VTEP has not been associated with the tunnel, the associating module is to associate the VXLAN configured on the VTEP with the tunnel.
A non-transitory storage medium, comprising machine readable instructions, a processor of a Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) Tunnel End Point (VTEP) in a VXLAN executes the machine readable instructions to implement a process of:
- receiving, via a tunnel configured on the VTEP, a notification message from a peer VTEP over the tunnel, and the received notification message containing VXLAN Network Identifiers (VNIs) of VXLANs currently configured on the peer VTEP;
- and
- for each of VXLANs currently configured on the VTEP, when the same VXLAN as the VXLAN configured on the VTEP exists in the VXLANs indicated by the VNIs contained in the received notification message and when the VXLAN configured on the VTEP has not been associated with the tunnel, associating the VXLAN configured on the VTEP with the tunnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.