Patent ID: 11881986
Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for managing traffic flow along a path between network devices, the method comprising:
initiating, by an end-point network device, monitoring of the path, wherein the end-point network device transmits packets to a target network device over the path;
detecting after the initiating, by the end-point network device, that at least a portion of the path has failed, wherein the portion of the path that has failed is external to the end-point network device, wherein the end-point network device connects to the path using a local interface, wherein the local interface is located on the end-point network device, wherein the local interface is up when the end-point network device detects that at least the portion of the path has failed;
in response to the detecting, identifying which portions of network device hardware in the end-point network device need to be updated to redirect the packets from the end-point network device to the target network device to take a second path; and
updating the identified portions of the network device hardware.