Patent ID: 11876708
Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. The method of claim 6, wherein identifying with the VSRS the destination VNIC within the first virtual layer 2 network for delivery of the packet based on information received with the packet and mapping information contained within the mapping table comprises:
determining with the VSRS that the mapping table does not include mapping information for the destination compute instance;
suspending with the VSRS forwarding of the packet;
broadcasting with the VSRS an ARP request to VNICs in the first virtual layer 2 network, the ARP request containing an IP address of the destination compute instance, wherein one of the VNICs is a VNIC of the destination compute instance; and
receiving with the VSRS an ARP response from the VNIC of the destination compute instance.