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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Himanshu Shah, Milpitas, CA (US);
Murtuza Attarwala, Davis, CA (US);
Linus Aranha, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method may include identifying an address within a packet of a traffic flow associated with a network device. The method may also include comparing the address within the packet with a stored address, the stored address associated with a route for an alternative traffic path, where the alternative traffic path may be different from a default route of traffic passing through the network device. The method may additionally include, based on the address within the packet matching the stored address, routing the packet along the alternative traffic path instead of the default route of traffic.