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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Veera Raghavendra Prasad Ravinutala, Fremont, CA (US);
Anuj Mittal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sandeep Subramaniam, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Sanjay Basavanakattimatha, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A first network device configured as a first Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Tunnel Endpoint (VTEP) may receive a packet from a second network device. The first VTEP may determine that the second network device is a second VTEP and has not been established as a peer VTEP to the first VTEP. The first VTEP may maintain a status for the second network device as authentication pending, receive an authentication packet from the second network device and authenticating the second network device as a peer VTEP using the authentication packet.