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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2022
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Clarence Filsfils, Brussells, BE;
Zafar Ali, Hicksville, NY (US);
Syed Kamran Raza, Kanata, CA;
Ahmed Refaat Bashandy, Milpitas, CA (US);
Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Morrisville, NC (US);
Carlos M. Pignataro, Cary, NC (US);
Jaganbabu Rajamanickam, Stittsville, CA;
Rakesh Gandhi, Stittsville, CA;
Bhupendra Yadav, Kanata, CA;
Faisal Iqbal, Ottawa, CA;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a service chain data packet is instrumented as it is communicated among network nodes in a network providing service-level and/or networking operations visibility. The service chain data packet includes a particular header identifying a service group defining one or more service functions, and is a data packet and not a probe packet. A network node adds networking and/or service-layer operations data to the particular service chain data packet, such as, but not limited to, in the particular header. Such networking operations data includes a performance metric or attribute related to the transport of the particular service chain packet in the network. Such service-layer operations data includes a performance metric or attribute related to the service-level processing of the particular service chain data packet in the network.