Patent ID: 10484259

Abstract:
A first VXLAN Tunnel End Point (VTEP) determines a simulation packet for simulating a service forwarding path of a service packet forwarded from a first Virtual Machine (VM) accessing the first VTEP to a second VM accessing a second VTEP when the service packet sent by the first VM does not reach the second VM. A packet character parameter of the simulation packet is the same as a packet character parameter of the service packet. The first VTEP calculates the packet character parameter of the simulation packet to determine a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) source port number, performs VXLAN encapsulation for the simulation packet according to the determined UDP source port number and a VXLAN tunnel identity in a local register entry matching with the simulation packet, and forwards the simulation packet with the VXLAN encapsulation via a VXLAN tunnel corresponding to the VXLAN tunnel identity.