Patent ID: 11929987
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 2:
3. The method of claim 1,
wherein receiving the packet comprises receiving the packet via the first VMI to a host device, wherein the packet is destined for an Internet Protocol (IP) fabric of the network device, wherein modifying the MAC address field of the L2 packet header of the packet with the flow identifier of the packet flow comprises modifying the source MAC address field of the L2 packet header, wherein sending the packet including the flow identifier to the firewall comprises sending the packet including the flow identifier to a first interface of the firewall configured to receive the packet including the flow identifier as an input, wherein receiving the packet including the flow identifier returned from the firewall comprises receiving the packet including the flow identifier returned via a second interface of the firewall configured to output the packet including the flow identifier.