System and method for supporting partition-aware routing in a multi-tenant cluster environment

A system supporting partition-aware routing in a multi-tenant cluster environment, the system comprising:

• one or more microprocessors;
• and
• a processor, running on the one or more microprocessors, wherein the processor operates to perform steps comprising:
• supporting one or more tenants within the multi-tenant cluster environment;
• associating each of the one or more tenants with a partition of a plurality of partitions;
• associating each of the plurality of partitions with one or more nodes of a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes being associated with a leaf switch of a plurality of switches, the plurality of switches comprising a plurality of leaf switches and a plurality of switches at other levels;
• and
• generating one or more linear forwarding tables, the one or more linear forwarding tables providing isolation between the plurality of partitions;
• wherein each of the plurality of nodes is associated with a partitioning order.

A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for supporting partition-aware routing in a multi-tenant cluster environment that when executed cause a system to perform steps comprising:

• supporting one or more tenants within the multi-tenant cluster environment;
• associating each of the one or more tenants with a partition of a plurality of partitions;
• associating each of the plurality of partitions with one or more nodes of a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes being associated with a leaf switch of a plurality of switches, the plurality of switches comprising a plurality of leaf switches and a plurality of switches at other levels;
• and
• generating one or more linear forwarding tables, the one or more linear forwarding tables providing isolation between the plurality of partitions;
• wherein each of the plurality of nodes is associated with a partitioning order.