Abstract: In some examples, a method includes parsing a packet received by the network device to identify a packet header value of the packet and performing a lookup into an application identification cache using the packet header value to identify the packet as part of a traffic flow of a particular application.

Abstract: In an example, a technique for integrating Fibre Channel over Ethernet and an overlay network is described herein. A virtual extensible local area network (VXLAN) tunnel endpoint (VTEP) may encode class of service fields in Ethernet frames and encapsulated frames based on class of service fields of inbound and/or outbound messages.

Abstract: A method and system for preventing misforwarding of packets from an MPLS network to a virtual private network are disclosed. The method includes receiving a packet at an ingress edge node of the MPLS network, associating a cookie with a label bound to a route by an egress edge node of the MPLS network, and inserting the cookie on an MPLS label stack at the ingress edge node. The packet is transmitted over the MPLS network to an egress edge node. The cookie allows the egress edge node to detect if the transmitted packet is misforwarded by comparing the cookie in the label stack of the transmitted packet with a stored cookie label at the egress edge node.

Abstract: A method and system for preventing misforwarding of packets from an MPLS network to a virtual private network are disclosed. The method includes receiving a packet at an ingress edge node of the MPLS network, associating a cookie with a label bound to a route by an egress edge node of the MPLS network, and inserting the cookie on an MPLS label stack at the ingress edge node. The packet is transmitted over the MPLS network to an egress edge node. The cookie allows the egress edge node to detect if the transmitted packet is misforwarded by comparing the cookie in the label stack of the transmitted packet with a stored cookie label at the egress edge node.