US 12,126,461 B2
SD-WAN multicast replicator selection centralized policy
Alfred C. Lindem, III, Cary, NC (US); Ravi Kiran Chintallapudi, Pleasanton, CA (US); Gaurav Shrivastava, Fremont, CA (US); Jining Tian, Cupertino, CA (US); and Praleshkumar Gunvantray Patel, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/839,056.
Application 17/839,056 is a continuation of application No. 17/101,968, filed on Nov. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,362,849.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311630 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 67/1095 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/185 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1886 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause one or more components of the system to perform operations comprising:
identifying, by a central controller, one or more replicators by analyzing multicast advertisements received from a plurality of edge devices;
receiving, by the central controller, a preference related to selection of a particular replicator from the one or more replicators;
updating, by the central controller, a multicast advertisement associated with the particular replicator to indicate the preference for replicator selection for a defined set of edge devices from the plurality of edge devices; and
sending, by the central controller, the updated multicast advertisement to the defined set of edge devices.