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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nobushige Akiya, Kanata, CA;
Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Morrisville, NC (US);
Carlos M. Pignataro, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/703 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01); H04L 12/823 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 47/24 (2013.01); H04L 47/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a failure of a service function at a service node in a service chain, receiving a packet at the service node, and processing the packet at the service node according to a flag associated with the service function and set based on a criticality of the service function. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.