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AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsClarence Filsfils, Stefano Previdi, Jean-Philippe Vasseur
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A technique configures an intermediate network node to automatically determine whether a route advertised by a routing protocol is important for fast convergence in a computer network. As used herein, an important route needed for fast convergence is a route advertised by the routing protocol, such as an exterior gateway routing protocol (EGP) process executing on the node, as a next-hop address, since external connectivity relies on such a route. Notably, the EGP process interacts with an interior gateway routing protocol (IGP) process executing on the node to identify the route as an important route. Identification of an important route, in turn, allows IGP to process the route in a high priority fashion, thereby facilitating fast convergence.
A method for configuring one or more intermediate network nodes to automatically determine whether a route is important for fast convergence in a computer network, the method comprising:
A system adapted to configure one or more intermediate network nodes to automatically determine whether a route is important for fast convergence in a computer network, the system comprising:
Apparatus adapted to configure one or more intermediate network nodes to automatically determine whether a route is important for fast convergence in a computer network, the apparatus comprising:
A computer readable medium containing executable program instructions for configuring one or more intermediate network nodes to automatically determine whether a route is important for fast convergence in a computer network, the executable program instructions comprising program instructions for:
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