Suppressing ARP broadcasting in a hypervisor
US10257152B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for processing address resolution protocol (ARP) packets in a computing environment. The method includes the steps of maintaining a table mapping internet protocol (IP) addresses to port identifiers (port IDs), receiving a packet, determining a type of the received packet, based on the type of the received packet being a first type, checking whether a destination IP address in the received packet matches an entry in the table, and if the destination IP address in the received packet matches an entry in the table: determining a port ID associated with the matching entry, and forwarding the received packet over a port associated with the determined port ID.
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