1. A method comprising: receiving data to be routed through a virtual station interface at an input/output device, the data sent from one of a virtual machine implemented at a host device coupled to the input/output device or a network element coupled to the input/output device via a network communication link; assigning a switch identification to the data based, at least in part, on identification information for the data and an originator of at least a portion of the identification information; and determining one or more actions for processing the data at the input/output device using the assigned switch identification with a lookup table maintained at the input/output device.