Title:
HOST TABLE MANAGEMENT IN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK (SDN) SWITCH CLUSTERS HAVING LAYER-3 DISTRIBUTED ROUTER FUNCTIONALITY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/051714
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a system includes a switch controller in communication with a plurality of switches in a switch cluster via a communication protocol, at least one switch in the switch cluster being configured to connect to a host, wherein the switch controller is configured to: maintain a Layer-3 (L3) host table configured to store entries including address information for hosts connected directly to the switch cluster, apply a policy to all existing entries in the L3 host table, and remove one or more existing entries according to the policy in order to reduce a number of entries in the L3 host table. In other embodiments, systems, computer program products, and methods for managing a L3 host table in software defined network (SDN) -based switch clusters having L3 distributed router functionality are presented.
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Inventors:
JAYANARAYANA SRIHARSHA (IN)
KAMATH DAYAVANTI G (US)
KUMBHARE ABHIJIT P (US)
SHAIKH ANEES A (US)
KAMATH DAYAVANTI G (US)
KUMBHARE ABHIJIT P (US)
SHAIKH ANEES A (US)
Application Number:
PCT/CN2014/087653
Publication Date:
April 16, 2015
Filing Date:
September 28, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IBM (US)
IBM CHINA CO LTD (CN)
IBM CHINA CO LTD (CN)
International Classes:
H04L12/28
Foreign References:
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ZHONGZI LAW OFFICE (26 Pinganli Xidajie Xicheng District, Beijing 4, CN)
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