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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Devendra Raut, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Ciara, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 45/50 (2022.01); H04L 43/028 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 43/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for managing network traffic is disclosed. The method includes determining an application domain, network elements associated with the application domain, and roles the network elements in the application domain. A virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) policy is generated for each of the network elements in the application domain based on the application domain and the role of each of the network elements in the application domain.