Cisco Technology, Inc.

Aashiha Priyadarshni Lakshmi Kumar

Arul Murugan Manickam

Prasad Chigurupati

Basavaraju M Halappa

In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a first router, service level agreement (SLA) requirements for an application and generating, by the first router, first SLA characteristics for the first router. The first router is in an active mode within a network. The method also includes comparing, by the first router, the first SLA characteristics for the first router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, second SLA characteristics for a second router. The second router is in a standby mode within the network. The method further includes comparing, by the first router, the second SLA characteristics for the second router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, whether to lower a first hop redundancy protocol (FHRP) priority of the first router.

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Milpitas, CA, United States of America

Aashiha Priyadarshni Lakshmi Kumar