MONITORING THROUGH S-BFD (SEAMLESS BIDIRECTIONAL FORWARDING DETECTION)
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1. A method comprising:
- assigning a discriminator to a target in communication with a reflector at a network device;
identifying at the reflector, a packet comprising the discriminator, the packet transmitted from an initiator in a seamless bidirectional forwarding detection (S-BFD) session; and
transmitting a response packet from the reflector to the initiator, the response packet comprising information for the target obtained by the reflector through monitoring of the target;
wherein the target comprises a plurality of entities.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes assigning a discriminator to a target in communication with a reflector at a network device, identifying at the reflector, a packet comprising the discriminator, the packet transmitted from an initiator in a seamless bidirectional forwarding detection (S-BFD) session, and transmitting a response packet from the reflector to the initiator. The response packet includes information for the target obtained by the reflector through monitoring of the target. The target may comprise a plurality of entities. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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assigning a discriminator to a target in communication with a reflector at a network device; identifying at the reflector, a packet comprising the discriminator, the packet transmitted from an initiator in a seamless bidirectional forwarding detection (S-BFD) session; and transmitting a response packet from the reflector to the initiator, the response packet comprising information for the target obtained by the reflector through monitoring of the target; wherein the target comprises a plurality of entities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor for assigning a discriminator to a target in communication with a reflector at the apparatus, processing a packet comprising the discriminator and received from an initiator in a seamless bidirectional forwarding detection (S-BFD) session, and transmitting a response packet to the initiator, the response packet comprising information for the target; and memory for storing said information for the target, wherein said information comprises one or more diagnostic codes associated with the target and obtained through monitoring of the target at the reflector. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Logic encoded on one or more non-transitory computer readable media for execution and when executed operable to:
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assign a discriminator to a target in an Internet of Everything/Internet of Things (IoE/IoT) domain; identify the discriminator in a packet received from an initiator in a seamless bidirectional forwarding detection (S-BFD) session; monitor and collect health information for the target; generate a response packet comprising said health information for the target; and transmit the response packet to the initiator. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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