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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2015
Radware, Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Benny Rochwerger, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
David Aviv, Tel Aviv, IL;
Radware, Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
A method and system for multi-layer traffic steering for enabling service chaining over a software defined network (SDN) are provided. The method is performed by a central controller of the SDN and includes receiving at least one service chaining rule defining at least one value-added service (VAS) to assign to an incoming traffic flow addressed to a destination server; analyzing each of the at least one received service chaining rule to determine if an application-layer steering is required; generating at least one application-layer steering rule, upon determining that an application-layer steering is required; generating at least one network-layer steering rule, upon determining that an application-layer steering is not required; and programming a multi-layer steering fabric with the generated at least one of network-layer steering rule and application-layer steering rule.