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US 12,452,128 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.
Claims19
A method for configuring a network, the method comprising:
- at an orchestrator in a network comprising a plurality of physical network elements, associating a network device configuration profile with a network device identifier and storing the network device configuration profile in memory associated with the network;
- after the associating, receiving information containing at least the network device identifier from a non-virtualized network device, the information being communicated in response to the non-virtualized network device being connected to the network;
- obtaining, from the received information, the network device identifier associated with the non-virtualized network device;
- using the network device identifier to retrieve the network device configuration profile corresponding to the network device identifier from the memory associated with the network;
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- utilizing the network device configuration profile retrieved from the memory associated with the network to configure at least one of the plurality of physical network elements to exchange data with the non-virtualized network device.
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A system for configuration of a network, the system comprising:
- a network orchestrator including a processor, a memory, and a network interface;
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- a non-virtualized network device associated with a network device identifier,
- wherein the network comprises a plurality of physical network elements and is configured to:
- at the orchestrator, associate a network device configuration profile with a network device identifier and store the network device configuration profile in a storage module associated with the network;
- receive information containing at least the network device identifier from the non-virtualized network device, the information being communicated in response to the non-virtualized network device being connected to the network;
- obtain, from the received information, the network device identifier associated with the network device;
- use the network device identifier to retrieve the network device configuration profile corresponding to the network device identifier from the storage module associated with the network;
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- utilize the network device configuration profile retrieved from the storage module associated with the network to configure at least one of the plurality of physical network elements to exchange data with the non-virtualized network device.
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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media, including instructions which when executed at one or more network devices by one or more processors, cause the devices to:
- at a network orchestrator in a network comprising a plurality of physical network elements, associate a network device configuration profile with a network device identifier and store the network device configuration profile in a storage module associated with the network;
- receive information containing at least the network device identifier from a non-virtualized network device, the information being communicated in response to the non-virtualized network device being connected to the network;
- obtain, from the received information, the network device identifier associated with the network device;
- use the network device identifier to retrieve the network device configuration profile corresponding to the network device identifier from the storage module associated with the network;
- utilize the network device configuration profile retrieved from the storage module associated with the network to configure at least one of the plurality of physical network elements to exchange data with the non-virtualized network device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.