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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2021
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abhijith Kudupu Narayan, San Ramon, CA (US);
Sreedhar Ganjikunta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Venkitraman Kasiviswanathan, San Ramon, CA (US);
Alton Lo, Fremont, CA (US);
Udayakumar Srinivasan, Fremont, CA (US);
Kumaran Narayanan, San Ramon, CA (US);
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, embodiments relates to a method for creating an on-demand tunnel (ODT) in a network between a first network device and a second network device, the method comprising: storing by the first network device, a potentially suboptimal path to the second network device, determining that a trigger condition to create the ODT between the first network device and the second network device is satisfied, in response to the determination: transmitting, by the first network device, an ODT signaling packet to the second network device via the potentially suboptimal path, receiving, from the second network device and in response to transmitting the ODT signaling packet, an ODT keepalive by first network device via the ODT, and transmitting, after receiving the ODT keepalive, a second packet to the second network device via the ODT.