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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2015
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Prasad Chigurupati, Bangalore, IN;
Sarvesh K. Batta, Bangalore, IN;
Venkatesh Br Gota, Bangalore, IN;
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In some examples, techniques are directed to applying one or more corrective actions that cause the network device to bypass the failed service node of the service chain. In some examples, method includes determining that a failure has occurred at a service node included in a plurality of service nodes, the plurality of service nodes configured to apply one or more stateful services of a primary service chain to packet flows from a plurality of subscriber devices; in response to determining that the failure has occurred, configuring forwarding state of the network device to process the packet flows from the plurality of subscriber devices based on a corrective action that bypasses the service node of the primary service chain; and in response to receiving a subscriber packet in the packet flows, processing the packet flows from the plurality of subscriber devices based on the corrective action.