Cisco Technology, Inc.

Marco Pessi

Chen Zhang

Darrel Jay Lewis

Michael David Tracy

Wei Ling

Li Yan

Zhang Xiaopu

Fabio Rodolfo Maino

Lev Shvarts

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes detecting by a first network element at a first data center site a local connection of an endpoint identifier ('EID'), in which the EID was previously locally connected to a second network element at a second data center site and notifying a mapping server of the local connection of the EID to the first network element. The method further includes receiving from the mapping server identifying information for the second network element and communicating with the second network element using the identifying information to obtain service information for traffic associated with the EID. The method may also include applying a service identified by the service information to outgoing traffic from the EID as well as applying a service identified by the service information to incoming traffic for the EID.

Source-aware technique for facilitating LISP host mobility

In one embodiment, a method includes discovering at a network device, a change in a resource at a local network site, notifying a load balancer at the local network site of the change in the resource, dynamically updating a weight associated with the resource, and transmitting the weight from the network device to a mapping system configured for mapping endpoint identifiers to routing locators. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.

Load balancing with mobile resources

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