Patent ID: 11888652
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A network device comprising:
a first port configured to:
receive, from an access device, an adding instruction comprising a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (ID) identifying a VLAN; and
receive, from the access device, an Ethernet frame;

a processor coupled to the first port and configured to:
add the first port to the VLAN identified; and
add a Virtual eXtensible local area network (VXLAN) header to the Ethernet frame to obtain a VXLAN packet, wherein the VXLAN header comprises a VXLAN network identifier (VNI) field, and wherein the VNI field comprises a VNI; and

a second port configured to send the VXLAN packet,
wherein the network device is configured to serve as a VXLAN tunnel end point (VTEP) device.