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Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2019
Applicant:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Amit Pingale, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Shreekanth Chandranna, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sushil Regmi, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/863 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/6225 (2013.01); H04L 12/4675 (2013.01); H04L 41/0813 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for redistributing virtual private network tunnels among a plurality of virtual private network concentrators. The method includes receiving, from each of the virtual private network concentrators, a respective utilization indicator; selecting a source one of the virtual private network concentrators according to the utilization indicators; selecting a destination one of the virtual private network concentrators according to the utilization indicators; selecting one of the virtual private network tunnels connected to the source one of the virtual private network concentrators; and transferring the selected one of the virtual private network tunnels from the source one of the virtual private network concentrators to the destination one of the virtual private network concentrators.


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