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US 11,057,270 B2Granted
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:
- assigning a virtual machine in a virtual network to a segment organization in the virtual network;
- attaching the virtual machine (VM) to a virtual switch;
- attaching the virtual switch to a physical switch in a physical network;
- communicating, information about the VM to the physical switch, wherein the information includes a segment identification of the segment organization;
- accessing, based on the communicated information about the VM, a configuration profile for the segment organization from a network database;
- and
- configuring, based on the access configuration profile for the segment organization, the physical network to receive/send data from/to the virtual switch, the configuring including sending the configuration profile to a leaf in the physical network through a virtual station discovery protocol when the virtual switch is attached to the physical switch to allow the leaf to route traffic in the physical network from the virtual server.
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A non-transitory computer readable media that includes instructions for execution and when executed by a processor is operable to perform operations, comprising:
- assigning a virtual machine in a virtual network to a segment organization in the virtual network;
- attaching the virtual machine (VM) to a virtual switch;
- attaching the virtual switch to a physical switch in a physical network;
- communicating, information about the VM to the physical switch, wherein the information includes a segment identification of the segment organization;
- accessing, based on the communicated information about the VM, a configuration profile for the segment organization from a network database;
- and
- configuring, based on the access configuration profile for the segment organization, the physical network to receive/send data from/to the virtual switch, the configuring including sending the configuration profile to a leaf in the physical network through a virtual station discovery protocol when the virtual switch is attached to the physical switch to allow the leaf to route traffic in the physical network from the virtual server.
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A system, comprising:
- a non-transitory media that includes instructions;
- a process programed to cooperate with the instruction in memory to perform operations, comprising:
- assigning a virtual machine in a virtual network to a segment organization in the virtual network;
- attaching the virtual machine (VM) to a virtual switch;
- attaching the virtual switch to a physical switch in a physical network;
- communicating, information about the VM to the physical switch, wherein the information includes a segment identification of the segment organization;
- accessing, based on the communicated information about the VM, a configuration profile for the segment organization from a network database;
- and
- configuring, based on the access configuration profile for the segment organization, the physical network to receive/send data from/to the virtual switch, the configuring including sending the configuration profile to a leaf in the physical network through a virtual station discovery protocol when the virtual switch is attached to the physical switch to allow the leaf to route traffic in the physical network from the virtual server.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.