Physical network orchestration for data centers
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsVipin Jain, Suran Saminda de Silva, Shyam Kapadia, Nilesh Shah
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Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes creating a segment organization, which includes a configuration profile. The method also includes attaching the configuration profile to a server in the segment organization. The method further includes sending the attached configuration profile to a database in a physical network.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- creating a configuration profile for a physical network cluster that includes CLOS topology based spine-leaf architecture;
- creating a virtual data cloud segment organization at a virtual manager located in a hardware server, wherein the virtual data cloud segment organization includes the configuration profile for the physical network cluster;
- and
- attaching the configuration profile to a virtual server in the virtual data cloud segment organization, wherein the configuration profile is associated with a segment identification for the virtual server;
- wherein the configuration profile includes a mapping of a virtual local access network to a segment associated with the segment identification;
- and
- wherein the configuration profile is accessible using the segment identification to create a virtual routing and forwarding table for the virtual server.
One or more non-transitory media that includes instructions for execution and when executed by a processor is operable to perform operations, comprising:
- creating a configuration profile for a physical network cluster that includes CLOS topology based spine-leaf architecture;
- creating a virtual data cloud segment organization at a virtual manager located in a hardware server, wherein the virtual data cloud segment organization includes the configuration profile for the physical network cluster;
- and
- attaching the configuration profile to a virtual server in the virtual data cloud segment organization, wherein the configuration profile is associated with a segment identification for the virtual server;
- wherein the configuration profile includes a mapping of a virtual local access network to a segment associated with the segment identification;
- and
- wherein the configuration profile is accessible using the segment identification to create a virtual routing and forwarding table for the virtual server.
A network element configured for network orchestration, comprising:
- a memory for storing instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and operable to execute the instructions to have the network element perform operations comprising:
- creating a configuration profile for a physical network cluster that includes CLOS topology based spine-leaf architecture;
- creating a virtual data cloud segment organization at a virtual manager located in a hardware server, wherein the virtual data cloud segment organization includes the configuration profile for the physical network cluster;
- and
- attaching the configuration profile to a virtual server in the virtual data cloud segment organization, wherein the configuration profile is associated with a segment identification for the virtual server;
- wherein the configuration profile includes a mapping of a virtual local access network to a segment associated with the segment identification;
- and
- wherein the configuration profile is accessible using the segment identification to create a virtual routing and forwarding table for the virtual server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.