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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Anthony Joseph Li, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 43/0811 (2022.01); H04L 41/14 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/14 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques described herein relate to a method for topology partition detection. Network devices within a network topology often share information to achieve desired network functionality. However, when a network topology becomes partitioned such that not all network devices are directly or indirectly connected to the other network devices, the information sharing may fail. Techniques described herein detect such network topology partitioning by analyzing information that represents the network topology, and the connections therein (e.g., a set of paths).