METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) AND MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) TABLES OF TUNNEL END POINT (TEP) AND ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL (ARP) TABLE OF SERVER CONNECTED TO TEP

摘要

A method and apparatus for efficiently managing and updating an Internet protocol (IP) table and a media access control (MAC) table of a tunnel end point (TEP) and an address resolution protocol (ARP) table of a server in which an ARP packet and a response ARP packet are transceived amongst TEPs connected via a network through a multicast absent an additional unicast tunnel and an overload of a Layer 3 (L3) network is significantly reduced is provided.