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AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsMurali Venkateshaiah, John Lo, Steve Shin, David R. Barach
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Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for gleaning MAC and IP address bindings. A networking switch facilitating data communication for a sub-network of a computer network can receive an ARP request from a VM included in the sub-network. The ARP request can include a MAC address and an IP address assigned to the VM. The ARP request can be transmitted by the VM as a result of the VM being added to the sub-network. The networking switch can transmit a reporting message to a control plane entity of the computer network. The reporting message can indicate that the VM has been added to the sub-network and include the MAC address and IP address assigned to the VM. The reporting message can cause the control plane entity to update a routing table for the computer network to include the MAC address and IP address assigned to the VM.
A method comprising:
A networking switch facilitating data communication for a sub-network of a computer network, the networking switch comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a networking switch facilitating data communication for a sub-network of a computer network, cause the networking switch to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.