US 11,700,149 B1
Automatic RSVP tunnel endpoint aliasing
Zhenhua Xiao, Port Moody (CA); Kalash Chandra Nainwal, Surrey (CA); and Martin Stigge, Uppsala (SE)
Assigned to ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/566,939.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 61/30 (2022.01); H04L 61/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/4633 (2013.01) [H04L 61/30 (2013.01); H04L 61/50 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatic tunnel endpoint aliasing comprising:
automatically provisioning a second tunnel endpoint with a plurality of tunnel endpoint (TEP) aliases over a control plane without user input by:
receiving from the second tunnel endpoint, by a first tunnel endpoint over the control plane of a network, a request including a path message, said request to provide one or more tunnel endpoint aliases for communicating over a network tunnel;
obtaining by the first tunnel endpoint, in response to the request, the plurality of tunnel endpoint (TEP) aliases that include a plurality of identifiers associated with the first tunnel endpoint;
sending, over the control plane, a response addressed to the second tunnel endpoint that includes a reservation (RESV) message comprising the plurality of TEP aliases; and
receiving, by the first tunnel endpoint via the network tunnel between the first tunnel endpoint and the second tunnel endpoint, network traffic addressed to a TEP alias of the plurality of TEP aliases.