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US08964735B2 Translating media access control (MAC) addresses in a network hierarchy 有权
在网络层次结构中翻译媒体访问控制(MAC)地址

Translating media access control (MAC) addresses in a network hierarchy
Abstract:
In one embodiment a method includes receiving a packet including a destination media access control (MAC) address field having a MAC address of a hypervisor and a destination Internet protocol (IP) address field having an IP address of a virtual machine (VM) coupled to the hypervisor. The method further determines a MAC address of the VM using the IP address of the VM and applies the VM MAC address to the destination MAC address field of the packet to forward the packet to the VM.
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