Juniper Networks, Inc.

Saurav Shaw

Mohan Thangavel

Nagaraja Manikkar Shenoy

Thyagarajan S Pasupathy

Sankar Ramanoorthi

Radhakrishnan G

Vaibhav Belliappa

Vijay Sai Ram Paruchuri

Techniques are disclosed for computing a priority of routes advertised by nodes implementing Layer-3 (L3) Multi-Node High Availability (MNHA) for a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) interconnecting a first network device and a second network device according to link adherence to performance requirements. In one example, a node computes a priority for a route to the second network device based at least in part on a comparison between (1) one or more performance measurements of a link between the node and the second network device and (2) one or more performance requirements for the link. In some examples, the computed priority for the route is further based in part on a preference for the node. The node exports, to the first network device, the route to the second network device, wherein the route comprises data specifying the computed priority for the route.

Route preference based on link performance

In general, the disclosure describes techniques for dynamic application service level agreement (SLA) metric generation, distribution, and intent-based Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) link selection. For instance, a network device may determine a metric associated with an application or application-group. The network device may send the metric to a controller, and in response may receive from the controller a recommended SLA metric associated with the application or application-group. The network device may also compute an intent-based SLA metric based on the recommended SLA metric, one or more characteristics of one or more links connected to the network device, and a user configured intent model that defines a tolerance level to apply the recommended SLA metric. The network device may select, based on the intent-based SLA metric, a path to send traffic from the application or application-group.

Dynamic application SLA metric generation, distribution, and intent-based SD-WAN link selection

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