Multi-Homed Host Tracking

A network device, comprising:

• a network-side interface;
• a host-side interface;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises a tracking logic that is configured to:
• establish a first tracking session with a host device, wherein the first tracking session is associated with a first data sequence;
• receive, in the first tracking session, a tracking response of the host device at the network-side interface based on the first data sequence;
• and
• establish, based on receiving the tracking response at the network-side interface, a second tracking session with the host device, wherein the second tracking session is associated with one or more second data sequences that are different from the first data sequence.

A method, comprising:

• in a network device including a host-side interface and a network-side interface:
• transmitting, to a host device via the host-side interface, a first tracking request including a first data sequence;
• receiving, at the network-side interface, a tracking response for the transmitted first tracking request;
• generating one or more second tracking requests based on receiving the tracking response at the network-side interface, wherein each of the one or more second tracking requests includes a second data sequence that is different from the first data sequence;
• and
• transmitting the generated one or more second tracking requests to the host device via the host-side interface.