ELIMINATION OF ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL

The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for eliminating Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) traffic in data networks. In one embodiment, a controller in a software-defined network (SDN) may generate a plurality of communication flows. The controller may program a plurality of network devices in a data plane based on the plurality of communication flows. A packet to be transmitted in the data plane may be received from a transmitting host by one of the plurality of network devices. A destination host specified in the packet may be determined without reliance on an original media access control (MAC) address in the packet, and the packet may be routed to the destination host.