Fortinet, Inc.
LEVERAGING OPERATION, ADMINISTRATION & MAINTENANCE PROTOCOLS (OAM) TO ADD ETHERNET LEVEL INTELLIGENCE TO SOFTWARE-DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORK (SD-WAN) FUNCTIONALITY

Abstract:

System and methods for enabling SD-WAN functionality to respond to Ethernet level OAM-related events are provided. According to an embodiment, a Software-Defined Network Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) module of a network device operating as both an SD-WAN node and a Maintenance Entity Group Endpoint (MEP) receives Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) information via one of multiple OAM-enabled links of the network device. The SD-WAN module determines based on the OAM information, an event associated with the OAM network relating to one or more of service availability, Quality of Service (QoS), and service configuration, and based on the determined event, updates routing information to determine how to route application traffic over the OAM-enabled links.