Shared service access for multi-tenancy in a data center fabric

Shared service access for multi-tenancy in a data center fabric

Aspects of the embodiments include receiving a packet at a network element of a packet-switched network; identifying a presence of a shared service destination address in a header of the packet; identifying a shared service destination address for the packet based, at least in part, on a destination...

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Hauptverfasser: Sinha, Satyam, Agrawal, Ashutosh, Anandakrishnan, Geetha, Edsall, Thomas J, Rai, Smita, Chu, Kit Chiu, Wu, Wanli, Nasika, Ravikanth
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:Aspects of the embodiments include receiving a packet at a network element of a packet-switched network; identifying a presence of a shared service destination address in a header of the packet; identifying a shared service destination address for the packet based, at least in part, on a destination internet protocol (IP) address stored in a forward information base; and forwarding the packet to the shared service destination address.