METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR FORWARDING PACKET IN SERVICE FUNCTION CHAINING SFC

    公开(公告)号:US20210336882A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US17367911

    申请日:2021-07-06

    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method. The method includes: determining, by a control node, routing entry information of a service function forwarding node in a SFP in the SFC, where the routing entry information records a mapping relationship between route prefix information and next hop information, the route prefix information includes a SPI and a SI, the SPI is used to identify the SFP, the SI is used to identify a location of the service function forwarding node in the SFP, and the next hop information is used to indicate a next hop node of the service function forwarding node in the SFP; and sending, by the control node, the routing entry information to the service function forwarding node, where the routing entry information is used by the service function forwarding node to generate a forwarding table used to instruct the service function forwarding node to forward a packet.

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