Patent ID: 11863625
Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A networking device comprising:
a memory containing machine-readable media comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of exchanging data across different cloud service providers; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to cause the processor to:
store a plurality of virtual routing tables (VRTs), including a first VRT that corresponds to a first virtual local area network (VLAN) and a second VRT that corresponds to a second VLAN;
facilitate communications between a storage system and a first cloud service provider, via a logical interface that is associated with a port of the first VLAN on a physical interface of the storage system, wherein the physical interface is coupled to the networking device; and
route a message from the first cloud service provider to a second cloud service provider over the logical interface according to the first VRT, wherein the first cloud service provider and the second cloud service provider are identified in the first VRT, and the message includes a header indicating that the second cloud service provider is to receive the message, wherein the header includes an identifier for the first VLAN.