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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anuraag Mittal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Aparna Karanjkar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 41/5054 (2013.01); H04L 41/5077 (2013.01); H04L 63/0209 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for steering network traffic towards a service device. Specifically, the disclosed method and system entail the installation of multiple service devices around a network. Service policies are cloned across the multiple service devices, and further, each service device is assigned common virtual routing and bridging addresses. Using at least these common virtual routing and bridging addresses, intercept virtual tunnel end points (VTEPs) redirect or bridge network traffic to a service device.