Event-driven notification and network service bus for a cloud exchange

A cloud exchange comprising:

• an interconnection platform having at least one processor coupled to a memory, wherein the interconnection platform executes software to configure a plurality of interconnection assets of a network data center to interconnect customer systems of a plurality of customer systems co-located in the network data center, the interconnection platform comprising:
• a network event unit controller configured for execution by the at least one processor to:
• receive a network device report message that provides an indication of a network event affecting an interconnection asset of the plurality of interconnection assets;
• in response to receiving the network device report message, determine, from a subscriber system repository that stores information identifying each of the plurality of interconnected customer systems interconnected using the plurality of interconnection assets, one or more interconnected customer systems that are interconnected with the interconnection asset affected by the network event;
• determine, from a rule repository that stores a plurality of re-routing rules corresponding to a plurality of network events, an alternative path for the one or more interconnected customer systems to a different interconnection asset of the plurality of interconnection assets to avoid the interconnection asset affected by the network event, wherein the alternative path is determined from one of the re-routing rules associated with the network event affecting the interconnection as set;
• generate a network event message based on the network event, wherein the network event message includes port details of the interconnection asset that generated the network event and port details of the different interconnection asset;
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• send the network event message to the one or more interconnected customer systems to provide the one or more interconnected customer systems the port details of the interconnection asset that generated the network event and port details of the different interconnection asset to which the one or more interconnected customer systems uses to redirect network traffic within the network data center to the different interconnection asset.

A system comprising:

• a network data center comprising a plurality of interconnection assets, the plurality of interconnection assets comprising a plurality of ports by which a customer system associated with a customer of a provider of the network data center;
• an interconnection platform comprising one or more processors operably coupled to a memory, wherein the interconnection platform executes software configured to interconnect customer systems of a plurality of customer systems co-located in the network data center, the interconnection platform comprising:
• a network event unit controller configured for execution by the one or more processors to:
• receive a network device report message that provides an indication of a network event affecting an interconnection asset of the plurality of interconnection assets;
• in response to receiving the network device report message,
• determine, from a subscriber system repository, one or more interconnected customer systems that are interconnected with the interconnection asset affected by the network event;
• determine, from a rule repository, an alternative path for the one or more interconnected customer systems to a different interconnection asset of the plurality of interconnection assets to avoid the interconnection asset affected by the network event, wherein the alternative path is determined from one of re-routing rules associated with the network event affecting the interconnection asset;
• generate a network event message based on the network event, wherein the network event message includes port details of the interconnection asset that generated the network event and port details of the different interconnection asset;
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• send the network event message to the one or more interconnected customer systems to provide the one or more interconnected customer systems the port details of the interconnection asset that generated the network event and port details of the different interconnection asset to which the one or more interconnected customer systems uses to redirect network traffic for an interconnection to the different interconnection asset;
• the rule repository for storing re-routing information usable for generating the re-route rules for the one or more interconnected customer systems affected by the network event of the interconnection asset;
• the subscriber system repository for storing the customer information on the one or more interconnected customer systems subscribed to receive network event messages from the interconnection platform;
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• a message channel unit configured for execution by the one or more processors to send the network event message to the one or more interconnected customer systems;
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• the customer system comprising different one or more processors operably coupled to a different memory, wherein the customer system executes software configured to receive the network event message, wherein the network event message provides the customer system the port details of the interconnection asset that generated the network event and port details of the different interconnection asset to which the one or more interconnected customer systems uses to redirect network traffic within the network data center to the different interconnection asset.