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

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by a network device and comprising:
serving as a Virtual eXtensible local area network (VXLAN) tunnel end point (VTEP) device;
receiving, from an access device and through a first port, an adding instruction comprising a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (ID) identifying a VLAN;
adding the first port to the VLAN;
receiving, from the access device and through the first port, an Ethernet frame;
adding a 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
sending, through a second port, the VXLAN packet.