Providing differentiated network services and priorities to VPN routers/clients

摘要

In one embodiment, a first network device receives a priority message from a second network device, wherein the priority message conforms to a connection establishment protocol and indicates a priority associated with the second network device. The first network device obtains the priority from the priority message and stores the priority. The first network device allocates resources for at least one of control or data plane processing to the second network device in accordance with the priority.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
by a first network device:
generating a priority message conforming to a connection establishment protocol;embedding a first value in a first field of the message, the first value indicating that the message contains priority information;embedding a second value in a second field of the message, the second value indicating a relative priority of the first network device with respect to one or more other network devices;providing the priority message to a second network device; andcommunicating with the second network device in accordance with the priority value.