Furthermore, switches with higher capability are usually more complex and expensive. It is limited by physical space, power consumption, and design complexity, to name a few factors. However, the size of a switch cannot grow infinitely.

As a result, equipment vendors race to build larger and faster switches with versatile capabilities, such as network virtualization and multi-tenancy, to accommodate diverse network demands efficiently. Such applications have brought with them an increasing demand for bandwidth. The exponential growth of the Internet has made it a popular delivery medium for a variety of applications running on physical and virtual devices.

More specifically, this disclosure relates to a system and method for efficient media access control (MAC) address learning. This disclosure relates to communication networks. 2011, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein. 13/092,752, titled “Name Services for Virtual Cluster Switching,” by inventors Suresh Vobbilisetty, Phanidhar Koganti, and Jesse B. 8,867,552, titled “Virtual Cluster Switching,” by inventors Suresh Vobbilisetty and Dilip Chatwani, issued 21 Oct. The present disclosure is related to U.S. 2014, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein. 62/042,076, titled “Conversational MAC Leaning,” by inventors Suresh Vobbilisetty, Mythilikanth Raman, Phanidhar Koganti, Raju Shekarappa, Mahesh K. 62/035,901, titled “Conversational MAC Leaning,” by inventors Suresh Vobbilisetty, Mythilikanth Raman, Phanidhar Koganti, Raju Shekarappa, Mahesh K.

This application claims the benefit of U.S.

Conversational mac address learning