A method and device for forwarding virtual extensible local area network messages

A technology for extending the local area network and forwarding method, which is applied in the directions of network interconnection, data exchange network, and data exchange through path configuration, which can solve the problems of reducing the efficiency of message forwarding and complex realization process.

CN105991389BActive Publication Date: 2019-04-12NEW H3C TECH CO LTD
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2019-04-12

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Abstract

The embodiments of the present invention propose a method and device for forwarding virtual extensible local area network (VxLAN) messages. The method is applied to a first virtualized OpenFlow switch (OVS), and includes: receiving a flow entry from a software-defined network (SDN) controller, the flow entry carrying VxLAN message address information and the first OVS on the first Uplink (Uplink) port, the flow entry is used to send the original message received from the source virtual machine hanging on the first OVS and the destination virtual machine hanging on the second OVS to the first A first VxLAN port on the OVS, and the first VxLAN port adds a VxLAN header containing the VxLAN message address information to the original message to form a VxLAN message, and is used to send the VxLAN message through the first Uplink port.
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technical field

[0001] The embodiments of the present invention belong to the technical field of network communication, in particular to a method and device for forwarding virtual extensible local area network (Virtual Extensible Local Area Network, VxLAN) messages. Background technique

[0002] Software Defined Network (SDN) technology realizes flexible control of network traffic by separating the control plane and data plane of network devices. Correspondingly, the SDN architecture includes an SDN controller and an SDN switch, wherein: the SDN controller and the SDN switch communicate through an SDN management channel that is preferably an OpenFlow (OpenFlow) protocol, and the SDN controller operates according to user configuration or dynamically The flow table generated by the protocol is delivered to the SDN switch, and the SDN switch processes the message according to the flow table delivered by the SDN controller.

[0003] VxLAN is a technology that encapsulates Layer...

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[0037] In order to make the object, technical solution and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0038] figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of OVS supporting VxLAN packet forwarding in the prior art.

[0039] by figure 1 The communication process between VM1 hung on the first OVS and VM3 hung on the second OVS is taken as an example to illustrate the demonstration process of OVS supporting VxLAN packet forwarding in the prior art.

[0040] existfigure 1 middle:

[0041] The first OVS is deployed on the host 1, and the port 3 of the first OVS is a local VxLAN port, which can be called a VxLan1 port; the port 2 of the first OVS is a local Uplink port; the port 1 of the first OVS is the inside of the local VTEP ( Internal) port, the MAC address of the Internal port: 00-00-00-00-10-01, IP address: 100.1.1.1.

[0042] The second OVS is deployed on the host 2, a...