Systems and methods for internet protocol address resolution via control plane

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing thereon instructions that, as a result of being executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
• receive an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request, wherein the ARP request indicates a destination Internet Protocol (IP) address and a broadcast Media Access Control (MAC) address, and wherein the ARP request is associated with a first customer edge (CE) device;
• transmit the ARP request to a set of locally connected CE devices;
• generate an IP address resolution request message, wherein when the IP address resolution request message is generated, the IP address resolution request message is transmitted to a set of remote provider edge (PE) devices;
• receive remote adjacency information associated with a second CE device, wherein the second CE device is connected to a remote PE device from the set of remote PE devices;
• and
• transmit an ARP reply to the first CE device, wherein the ARP reply includes a MAC address associated with the second CE device.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing thereon executable instructions that, as a result of being executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• receive an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request, wherein the ARP request indicates a destination Internet Protocol (IP) address and a broadcast Media Access Control (MAC) address, and wherein the ARP request is associated with a first customer edge (CE) device;
• transmit the ARP request to a set of locally connected CE devices;
• generate an IP address resolution request message, wherein when the IP address resolution request message is generated, the IP address resolution request message is transmitted to a set of remote provider edge (PE) devices;
• receive remote adjacency information associated with a second CE device, wherein the second CE device is connected to a remote PE device from the set of remote PE devices;
• and
• transmit an ARP reply to the first CE device, wherein the ARP reply includes a MAC address associated with the second CE device.