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Granted Patent B2
US 11,716,279 · App. 17/681,911 · Granted Aug 1, 2023

Systems and methods for determining FHRP switchover

Inventors: Arul Murugan Manickam (San Jose, CA); Basavaraju M. Halappa (San Jose, CA); Prasad Chigurupati (Fremont, CA); Aashiha Priyadarshni Lakshmi Kumar (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
H04L45/306H04L43/16H04L45/308H04L47/2425
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Patent No.
US 11,716,279
App. No.
17/681,911
Granted
Aug 1, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a first router, service level agreement (SLA) requirements for an application and generating, by the first router, first SLA characteristics for the first router. The first router is in an active mode within a network. The method also includes comparing, by the first router, the first SLA characteristics for the first router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, second SLA characteristics for a second router. The second router is in a standby mode within the network. The method further includes comparing, by the first router, the second SLA characteristics for the second router to the SLA requirements and determining, by the first router, whether to lower a first hop redundancy protocol (FHRP) priority of the first router.

Claims (81)

1. A first router, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors and comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first router within a network to perform operations comprising:

determining service level agreement (SLA) requirements for an application;

determining first SLA characteristics for the first router;

determining that the first SLA characteristics for the first router fail to satisfy the SLA requirements; and

determining, in response to determining that the first SLA characteristics for the first router fail to satisfy the SLA requirements, to lower a first hop redundancy protocol (FHRP) priority of the first router.

2. The first router of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

determining that second SLA characteristics for a second router satisfy the SLA requirements;

lowering the FHRP priority of the first router such that the FHRP priority of the first router is less than the FHRP priority of the second router; and

switching, based on the FHRP priority of the first router and the second router, the first router from an active mode to a standby mode within the network.

3. The first router of claim 2 , the operations further comprising:

determining that transport location (TLOC) extensions are configured between the first router and the second router;

determining to switch, based on the FHRP priority of the first router being less than the FHRP priority of the second router, the second router from the standby mode to the active mode within the network; and

determining to increase a TLOC preference for the second router.

4. The first router of claim 1 , the operations further comprising, while the first router is in an active mode:

receiving outgoing traffic associated with the application from a host server;

communicating the outgoing traffic associated with the application to a destination server;

receiving incoming traffic from the destination server; and

communicating the incoming traffic to the host server.

5. The first router of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

determining that second SLA characteristics for a second router fail to satisfy the SLA requirements; and

lowering the FHRP priority of the first router such that the FHRP priority of the first router and the FHRP priority of the second router are set to a same value.

6. The first router of claim 1 , wherein:

the SLA requirements comprise threshold values for jitter, latency, and packet loss; and

the first SLA characteristics comprise performance metrics associated with jitter, latency, and packet loss.

7. The first router of claim 1 , wherein:

the network is a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN);

the FHRP priority is a Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) priority; and

the first router is located in a data center.

8. A method, comprising:

determining, by a first router within a network, service level agreement (SLA) requirements for an application;

determining, by the first router, first SLA characteristics for the first router;

determining, by the first router, that the first SLA characteristics for the first router fail to satisfy the SLA requirements; and

determining, by the first router and in response to determining that the first SLA characteristics for the first router fail to satisfy the SLA requirements, to lower a first hop redundancy protocol (FHRP) priority of the first router.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining that second SLA characteristics for a second router satisfy the SLA requirements;

lowering the FHRP priority of the first router such that the FHRP priority of the first router is less than the FHRP priority of the second router; and

switching, based on the FHRP priority of the first router and the second router, the first router from an active mode to a standby mode within the network.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining that transport location (TLOC) extensions are configured between the first router and the second router;

determining to switch, based on the FHRP priority of the first router being less than the FHRP priority of the second router, the second router from the standby mode to the active mode within the network; and

determining to increase a TLOC preference for the second router.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising, while the first router is in an active mode:

receiving outgoing traffic associated with the application from a host server;

communicating the outgoing traffic associated with the application to a destination server;

receiving incoming traffic from the destination server; and

communicating the incoming traffic to the host server.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining that second SLA characteristics for a second router fail to satisfy the SLA requirements; and

lowering the FHRP priority of the first router such that the FHRP priority of the first router and the FHRP priority of the second router are set to a same value.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the SLA requirements comprise threshold values for jitter, latency, and packet loss; and

the first SLA characteristics comprise performance metrics associated with jitter, latency, and packet loss.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the network is a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN);

the FHRP priority is a Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) priority; and

the first router is located in a data center.

15. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining service level agreement (SLA) requirements for an application;

determining first SLA characteristics for a first router within a network;

determining that the first SLA characteristics for the first router fail to satisfy the SLA requirements; and

determining, in response to determining that the first SLA characteristics for the first router fail to satisfy the SLA requirements, to lower a first hop redundancy protocol (FHRP) priority of the first router.

16. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:

determining that second SLA characteristics for a second router satisfy the SLA requirements;

lowering the FHRP priority of the first router such that the FHRP priority of the first router is less than the FHRP priority of the second router; and

switching, based on the FHRP priority of the first router and the second router, the first router from an active mode to a standby mode within the network.

17. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 16 , the operations further comprising:

determining that transport location (TLOC) extensions are configured between the first router and the second router;

determining to switch, based on the FHRP priority of the first router being less than the FHRP priority of the second router, the second router from the standby mode to the active mode within the network; and

determining to increase a TLOC preference for the second router.

18. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 17 , the operations further comprising, while the first router is in an active mode:

receiving outgoing traffic associated with the application from a host server;

communicating the outgoing traffic associated with the application to a destination server;

receiving incoming traffic from the destination server; and

communicating the incoming traffic to the host server.

19. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 18 , the operations further comprising:

determining that second SLA characteristics for a second router fail to satisfy the SLA requirements; and

lowering the FHRP priority of the first router such that the FHRP priority of the first router and the FHRP priority of the second router are set to a same value.

20. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 19 , wherein:

the SLA requirements comprise threshold values for jitter, latency, and packet loss; and the first SLA characteristics comprise performance metrics associated with jitter, latency, and packet loss.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2022
From: MANICKAM, ARUL MURUGAN; HALAPPA, BASAVARAJU M.; CHIGURUPATI, PRASAD; KUMAR, AASHIHA PRIYADARSHNI LAKSHMI
To: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 059113/0090 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16997203 · Aug 19, 2020
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