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