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

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by a routing device, the method comprising:
storing 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, the first VRT identifies a first cloud service provider and a second cloud service provider;
receiving, by the routing device over the first VLAN, a message from the first cloud service provider to the second cloud service provider, the message including a header indicating that the second cloud service provider is to receive the message and includes a field with a first VLAN identifier, wherein a physical interface of the routing device includes a port for the first VLAN, and wherein the physical interface is coupled to a port of a storage system; and
routing the message to the second cloud service provider using the first VRT.