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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2024
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vlad Serban Hanciuta, Dublin, IE;
Sundar Bettadahalli, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Sandip Shah, Fremont, CA (US);
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Network events that disrupt networking devices are evaluated with respect to the impact of the events on particular applications communicating on the network. To associate applications with network events, a dependency graph is generated that associates individual applications with various components on which the application relies, which may include different hosts and virtual machines across a network. To associate the applications with particular networking devices, networking devices may inspect packets handled by the devices and determine related applications based on the components in the dependency graph. An impact score for an application relative to individual networking devices is determined based on the respective portion of packet traffic for the application handled by the networking devices. When an event disrupts a particular networking device, the impact score may then be used to determine the actual effect of the disruption on different applications.