Auto-Provisioning of SD-WAN Hubs and Spokes

    公开(公告)号:US20210377109A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US16883103

    申请日:2020-05-26

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for auto-provisioning hubs and spokes in a SD-WAN network, and includes the performance of operations and/or the steps of receiving first information from a first network hub, the first network hub one of a plurality of network hubs, the first information indicating a first set of properties associated with the first network hub; publishing the first information to a plurality of network spokes, the plurality of network spokes determining whether to subscribe to the first network hub based on the first information; receiving subscription information from a first network spoke of the plurality of network spokes, the subscription information indicating the first network spoke subscribing to the first network hub; and creating at least one dynamic control policy to establish a forwarding path for the first network spoke through the first network hub.

    SELF-HEALING SD-WAN CONTROLLERS AND NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20250071061A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18456266

    申请日:2023-08-25

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for re-balancing and healing of an SD-WAN in an unbalanced state and/or experiencing one or more failure states. In response to a request to connect to a new controller resulting from OMP load shedding from a first controller, the system can identify other controllers capable of handling the load requirements of the edge router. The system can incorporate the controller group preference of the edge router and select a second controller based on the identified other controllers and within the preferred controller group. If not possible, the system can temporarily assign the edge router to non-preferred controller groups and move them back to controllers in the preferred controller group once it becomes viable. The system further enhances OMP graceful restart (GR) logic to incorporate the load shedding effect and avoid unnecessary route retention that GR entails.

    Self-healing SD-WAN controllers and networks

    公开(公告)号:US12238006B1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-25

    申请号:US18456266

    申请日:2023-08-25

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for re-balancing and healing of an SD-WAN in an unbalanced state and/or experiencing one or more failure states. In response to a request to connect to a new controller resulting from OMP load shedding from a first controller, the system can identify other controllers capable of handling the load requirements of the edge router. The system can incorporate the controller group preference of the edge router and select a second controller based on the identified other controllers and within the preferred controller group. If not possible, the system can temporarily assign the edge router to non-preferred controller groups and move them back to controllers in the preferred controller group once it becomes viable. The system further enhances OMP graceful restart (GR) logic to incorporate the load shedding effect and avoid unnecessary route retention that GR entails.

    MINIMIZING NETWORK DISRUPTION VIA GRACEFUL UPGRADE OF ROUTING CONTROLLERS

    公开(公告)号:US20240340347A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18349778

    申请日:2023-07-10

    CPC classification number: H04L67/141 H04L41/0803

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for upgrading vSmart controllers. In one aspect, a method includes an edge router receiving a notification from a vSmart controller that an upgrade to the controller will occur. The notification can be dynamically triggered by a centralized network management system. In some embodiments, the vSmart controller can run as a virtual machine (VM) and maintains a control plane connection with one or more edge routers in an overlay network. In response to the notification, a length of time of an expiry timer in which the edge router attempts to connect to the vSmart controller can be increased, and the edge router can connect to the vSmart controller once the increased length of time has passed.

    SHARING TRANSPORT INTERFACES BETWEEN TENANTS ON MULTI-TENANT EDGE DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20240223397A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18608677

    申请日:2024-03-18

    CPC classification number: H04L12/28 H04L67/10

    Abstract: Techniques for virtualizing tenant transport interfaces configured to implement pertenant network routing attribute differentiation in each tenant overlay of a multisite wide area network (WAN) and share the virtual transport interfaces between multi-tenant edge (MTE) devices providing transport services to tenant devices based on a defined tenant tier model. A Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controller may receive a physical transport interface and/or a device type associated with a tenant device. The SDN controller may determine a virtual transport interface for the tenant device based on a tier associated with the tenant. MTE device(s) may utilize the physical transport interface to establish sessions with other MTE device(s) in the WAN. The virtual transport interface may be utilized by MTE devices to implement and/or enforce network routing attributes when forwarding network traffic associated with the tenant via the sessions established between the MTE devices through the WAN.

    SD-WAN Multicast Replicator Selection Centralized Policy

    公开(公告)号:US20220311630A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17839056

    申请日:2022-06-13

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a centralized control policy for multicast replicator selection. Methods include receiving multicast advertisements from a plurality of edge devices configured with multicast protocol, each multicast advertisement including information indicating whether an associated edge device is a replicator; analyzing multicast advertisements from the plurality of edge devices to identify one or more replicators; receiving a centralized policy configuration associated with at least one control policy that includes a preference related to selection of at least one replicator from the identified one or more replicators, the preference applicable to a defined set of edge devices from the plurality of edge devices; and updating at least one multicast advertisement with the control policy for transmission to the defined set of edge devices, the updated at least one multicast advertisement indicating the preference for replicator selection for the defined set of edge devices based on the control policy.

    SD-WAN Multicast Replicator Selection Centralized Policy

    公开(公告)号:US20220166639A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17101968

    申请日:2020-11-23

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a centralized control policy for multicast replicator selection. Methods include receiving multicast advertisements from a plurality of edge devices configured with multicast protocol, each multicast advertisement including information indicating whether an associated edge device is a replicator; analyzing multicast advertisements from the plurality of edge devices to identify one or more replicators; receiving a centralized policy configuration associated with at least one control policy that includes a preference related to selection of at least one replicator from the identified one or more replicators, the preference applicable to a defined set of edge devices from the plurality of edge devices; and updating at least one multicast advertisement with the control policy for transmission to the defined set of edge devices, the updated at least one multicast advertisement indicating the preference for replicator selection for the defined set of edge devices based on the control policy.

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