Patent ID: 9065766
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a packet conversion program for causing a computer, which has a storing unit configured to store first association information between a MAC address of a virtual machine connected to a virtual switch and a subnet identifier for identifying a subnet to which the virtual machine belongs, and second association information between a MAC address representing a broadcast address or a multicast address and a packet type identifier to perform procedures, the procedures comprising: obtaining a packet including the MAC address representing the broadcast address or the multicast address from the virtual machine; obtaining, from the first association information, the subnet identifier corresponding to the MAC address of the obtained packet; obtaining, from the second association information, the packet type identifier corresponding to the MAC address of the obtained packet; converting the obtained packet into a multicast packet by setting the subnet identifier obtained from the first association information and the packet type identifier obtained from the second association information in a field of the MAC address of the obtained packet; and transmitting the converted packet to a different computer via a network.