US 12,009,988 B2
Monitoring and policy control of distributed data and control planes for virtual nodes
Harshit Naresh Chitalia, Mountain View, CA (US); Travis Gregory Newhouse, Encinitas, CA (US); and Sumeet Singh, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/327,518.
Application 18/327,518 is a continuation of application No. 16/024,108, filed on Jun. 29, 2018, granted, now 11,706,099.
Prior Publication US 2023/0308358 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 41/14 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/14 (2013.01) [H04L 41/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a policy controller, data plane usage metrics for resources of one or more physical forwarding units of a network device;
receiving, by the policy controller, data associated with control plane usage metrics for resources of a virtualized instance executing on a computing device distinct from the network device, wherein the virtualized instance provides control plane functionality for the one or more physical forwarding units of the network device;
receiving, by the policy controller, data associating the virtualized instance with one or more unique identifiers, each corresponding to a different physical forwarding unit;
correlating, by the policy controller and based on the data associating the virtualized instance with the one or more unique identifiers, the control plane usage metrics for resources of the virtualized instance with corresponding data plane usage metrics for resources of the one or more physical forwarding units of the network device for which the virtualized instance provides control plane functionality; and
outputting, by the policy controller and for display in a graphical user interface, data indicative of the control plane usage metrics for resources of the virtualized instance and data indicative of the data plane usage metrics for resources of the one or more physical forwarding units of the network device.