US 12,237,990 B2
Method for modifying an SD-WAN using metric-based heat maps
Navaneeth Krishnan Ramaswamy, Chennai (IN); and Arun Kumar Srinivasan, Waterloo (CA)
Assigned to VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/211,842.
Claims priority of application No. 202241041528 (IN), filed on Jul. 20, 2022; application No. 202241041529 (IN), filed on Jul. 20, 2022; and application No. 202241041530 (IN), filed on Jul. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031273 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 43/0876 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/12 (2022.01); H04L 47/24 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/02 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 45/124 (2013.01); H04L 47/24 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of dynamically deploying a managed forwarding element (MFE) in a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) for a particular geographic region across which a plurality of SaaS applications is distributed, the method comprising:
determining, based on flow patterns for a plurality of flows destined for the plurality of SaaS applications distributed across the particular geographic region, that an additional MFE is needed for the particular geographic region;
configuring the additional MFE to deploy at a particular location in the particular geographic region for forwarding the plurality of flows to the plurality of SaaS applications; and
providing, to a particular set of MFEs that connect a set of branch sites to the SD-WAN, a set of forwarding rules to direct the particular set of MFEs to use the additional MFE for forwarding subsequent data messages belonging to the plurality of flows to the plurality of SaaS applications.