Generating route distinguishers for virtual private network addresses based on physical hardware addresses
AssigneeJuniper Networks, Inc.
InventorsGanesha Hebbale Venkatasubbaiah, Nikhil Kumar Bansal
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Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques for improving route advertisements. In one example, a method includes generating, by a network device, a virtual private network address comprising a route distinguisher value and a network address associated with a compute node, the route distinguisher value based on a layer two physical hardware address of the compute node, and outputting, by the network device, a virtual private network route that includes the virtual private network address.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- generating, by a software-defined networking (SDN) controller and based on a layer two (L2) physical hardware address of a compute node, a route distinguisher value for a network address associated with the compute node;
- and
- outputting, by the SDN controller, a route that includes the route distinguisher value and the network address associated with the compute node.
A software-defined networking (SDN) controller comprising processing circuitry in communication with a memory, the processing circuitry being configured to:
- generate based on a layer two (L2) physical hardware address of a compute node, a route distinguisher value for a network address associated with the compute node;
- and
- output a route that includes the route distinguisher value and the network address associated with the compute node.
A method comprising:
- generating, by a network device, a virtual private network address comprising a route distinguisher value and a network address associated with a compute node, the route distinguisher value based on a layer two physical hardware address of the compute node;
- and
- outputting, by the network device, a virtual private network route that includes the virtual private network address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.