data message forwarding method and equipment

The embodiment of the invention discloses a data message forwarding method, which is used for receiving and processing a multicast message. The method provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps: a gateway receives a data message; The gateway obtains a virtual network identifier VNI and a source network protocol IP address, a destination IP address, a destination portand a transmission layer protocol corresponding to the data message; The gateway determines a source port according to the VNI; The gateway performs Hash equalization calculation according to the source port, the IP address, the destination IP address, the destination port and a transmission layer protocol to obtain a forwarding core set; And the gateway sends the data message to each forwardingcore in the forwarding core set. According to the embodiment of the invention, load balance between forwarding cores in a single POD is realized, so that a VPC system can also receive and process unicast messages one by one wi