Systems and methods for facilitating traceroute operations across segment routing paths within networks

    公开(公告)号:US11159410B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16661643

    申请日:2019-10-23

    Abstract: A disclosed method may include (1) receiving, at a node within a network, an MPLS echo request from an additional node adjacent to the node, (2) determining that a FEC query is included in a FEC stack of the MPLS echo request and then, in response to determining that the FEC query is included in the FEC stack of the MPLS echo request, (3) determining at least one FEC that corresponds to a label included in a label stack of the MPLS echo request, and then (4) notifying the additional node of the FEC that corresponds to the label included in the label stack by sending, to the additional node, an MPLS echo reply that identifies the FEC that corresponds to the label. Various other systems, methods, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

    Ping/traceroute for static label switched paths (LSPs) and static segment routing traffic engineering (SRTE) tunnels

    公开(公告)号:US11057290B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-06

    申请号:US16578261

    申请日:2019-09-20

    Abstract: A static label-switched path (LSP) over which packets belonging to a forwarding equivalency class (FEC) are forwarded may be tested by (a) generating a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) echo request message including a target FEC stack type-length-value (TLV), the target FEC stack TLV having a Nil FEC sub-TLV; and (b) sending the MPLS echo request message with a label stack corresponding to the FEC for forwarding over the static LSP. A static segment routed traffic engineered (SRTE) path, including at least two segments, over which packets belonging to a forwarding equivalency class (FEC) are forwarded, may be tested by (a) generating a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) echo request message including, for each of the at least two segments, a target FEC stack type-length-value (TLV), each target FEC stack TLV having a Nil FEC sub-TLV; and (b) sending the MPLS echo request message with a label stack corresponding to the FEC for forwarding over the static SRTE path.

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