Arista Networks, Inc.
Method and system for inspecting unicast network traffic between end points residing within a same zone

Abstract:

A method and system for inspecting unicast network traffic between end points residing within a same zone. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein entail the provisioning of unique forward-service and reverse-service virtual network identifiers (VNIs), and corresponding virtual layer-2 (VL2) forward-service and reverse-service broadcast domains, respectively, to communications originating from and destined to intercept hosts.