Dynamic computation of SR-TE policy for SR-enabled devices connected over non-SR-enabled devices

    公开(公告)号:US12177134B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US17821219

    申请日:2022-08-22

    Abstract: Techniques are described for dynamically computing a segment routing policy for a segment routing for traffic engineering (SR-TE) path. For example, in a discontinuous SR network in which SR islands (e.g., groups of neighboring routers that are enabled for segment routing) are separated by one or more routers not enabled for segment routing, instead of returning a failure because one or more routers along a path are not enabled for SR, an ingress router may generate an SR-TE operations, administrations, and management (OAM) Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) traceroute packet send the packet to a first border router of the RSVP-enabled devices along a computed path to trigger the creation of a resource reservation Label Switched Path (LSP) through the RSVP-enabled devices. In this way, segment routed LSP may be established to tunnel through the resource reservation LSP for a SR-TE path used in an SR-TE policy.

    Single actual-forwarder election in multicast VPNs

    公开(公告)号:US10382217B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-13

    申请号:US15085321

    申请日:2016-03-30

    Abstract: In some examples, a method includes receiving, by a first ingress network device of a network, a source tree join route message from an egress network device of the network, the source tree join route message specifying a multicast source and a multicast group, and in response to receiving, by the first ingress network device, a source active auto-discovery route message from a second ingress network device of the network indicating that the second ingress network device has switched from using a shared multicast tree to using a shortest path tree to deliver multicast traffic from the multicast source, electing one of the first ingress network device or the second ingress network device as a single active forwarder for forwarding the multicast traffic received from the multicast source for the multicast group.

    Dynamic computation of SR-TE policy for SR-enabled devices connected over non-SR-enabled devices

    公开(公告)号:US11425056B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US16795493

    申请日:2020-02-19

    Abstract: Techniques are described for dynamically computing a segment routing policy for a segment routing for traffic engineering (SR-TE) path. For example, in a discontinuous SR network in which SR islands (e.g., groups of neighboring routers that are enabled for segment routing) are separated by one or more routers not enabled for segment routing, instead of returning a failure because one or more routers along a path are not enabled for SR, an ingress router may generate an SR-TE operations, administrations, and management (OAM) Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) traceroute packet send the packet to a first border router of the RSVP-enabled devices along a computed path to trigger the creation of a resource reservation Label Switched Path (LSP) through the RSVP-enabled devices. In this way, segment routed LSP may be established to tunnel through the resource reservation LSP for a SR-TE path used in an SR-TE policy.

    SELECTIVELY SIGNALING SELECTIVE TUNNELS IN MULTICAST VPNS

    公开(公告)号:US20170289217A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-05

    申请号:US15086897

    申请日:2016-03-31

    Abstract: In some examples, a method includes receiving, by a first ingress network device for a network, a source tree join route message from an egress network device for the network, specifying a multicast source and a multicast group, and in response to receiving the source tree join route message, determining, by the ingress network device, whether the multicast source is multi-homed to the network via the first ingress network device and a second ingress network device for the network. The method includes, in response to determining that the multicast source is not multi-homed, forwarding traffic for the multicast source on an inclusive provider tunnel without initiating setup of a selective provider tunnel to the egress network device, and in response to determining that the multicast source is multi-homed, initiating setup of a selective provider tunnel to the egress network device and terminating forwarding multicast traffic on the inclusive provider tunnel.

    Selective multicasting of traffic flows in multiprotocol label switching virtual private networks

    公开(公告)号:US10608931B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-31

    申请号:US15362193

    申请日:2016-11-28

    Abstract: A first device may receive a traffic flow to be multicasted to at least two of a set of second devices. The first device may provide first messages to the set of second devices identifying the traffic flow. The first device may identify a set of interested second devices, of the set of second devices, based on respective second messages that are received from the set of interested second devices based on the first messages. The first device may determine whether a quantity of the set of interested second devices satisfies a threshold. The first device may selectively provide the traffic flow to the set of interested second devices, using a first type of multicast distribution tree or a second type of multicast distribution tree, based on whether the quantity satisfies the threshold.

    Selectively signaling selective tunnels in multicast VPNs

    公开(公告)号:US10104139B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-16

    申请号:US15086897

    申请日:2016-03-31

    Abstract: In some examples, a method includes receiving, by a first ingress network device for a network, a source tree join route message from an egress network device for the network, specifying a multicast source and a multicast group, and in response to receiving the source tree join route message, determining, by the ingress network device, whether the multicast source is multi-homed to the network via the first ingress network device and a second ingress network device for the network. The method includes, in response to determining that the multicast source is not multi-homed, forwarding traffic for the multicast source on an inclusive provider tunnel without initiating setup of a selective provider tunnel to the egress network device, and in response to determining that the multicast source is multi-homed, initiating setup of a selective provider tunnel to the egress network device and terminating forwarding multicast traffic on the inclusive provider tunnel.

    SELECTIVELY SIGNALING SELECTIVE TUNNELS IN MULTICAST VPNS

    公开(公告)号:US20190081996A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-14

    申请号:US16160562

    申请日:2018-10-15

    Abstract: In some examples, a method includes receiving, by a first ingress network device for a network, a source tree join route message from an egress network device for the network, specifying a multicast source and a multicast group, and in response to receiving the source tree join route message, determining, by the ingress network device, whether the multicast source is multi-homed to the network via the first ingress network device and a second ingress network device for the network. The method includes, in response to determining that the multicast source is not multi-homed, forwarding traffic for the multicast source on an inclusive provider tunnel without initiating setup of a selective provider tunnel to the egress network device, and in response to determining that the multicast source is multi-homed, initiating setup of a selective provider tunnel to the egress network device and terminating forwarding multicast traffic on the inclusive provider tunnel.

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