Physical network orchestration for data centers

A system for configuration of a network device, the system comprising:

• one or more nodes acting as an orchestrator associated with an organization virtual network, the one or more nodes including a processor, a memory, and a network interface;
• a storage module associated with the orchestrator;
• an underlay network with an existing configuration defined by the orchestrator, the existing configuration defining the organization virtual network as an overlay network over the underlay network, the underlay network communicably attached to the orchestrator;
• and
• a first network device, the first network device including a processor, a memory, a network interface, and the first network device is not configured to connect to the organization virtual network,
• wherein the orchestrator is configured to associate a network device identifier with a network device configuration profile and store the network device configuration profile in the storage module, wherein the network device configuration profile comprises underlay network parameters and overlay network parameters, wherein the network device configuration profile further comprises network segment information comprising a segment identifier and one or more configuration parameters defining a virtual network segment for one or more hosts associated with the organization virtual network, the hosts of the virtual network segment isolated from hosts of the organization virtual network not associated with the virtual network segment,
• wherein the first network device, upon connecting to a network, is configured to:
• communicate, over the underlay network, the network device identifier from the first network device to the orchestrator, and
• wherein the orchestrator is further configured to, upon receiving the network device identifier:
• retrieve the network device configuration profile corresponding to the network device identifier from the storage module,
• communicate the network device configuration profile to the first network device, and wherein the first network device modifies its network configuration with the network segment information and the underlay network parameters and to transmit data over the organization virtual network to one or more endpoints using the overlay network parameters;
• and
• in response to the first network device being modified with the network device configuration profile, transmitting data over the organization virtual network via the first network device, the organization virtual network configured as an overlay network over the underlay network and including the virtual network segment.

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 one or more nodes acting as a network orchestrator a storage module associated with an orchestrator, the orchestrator associated with an organization virtual network;
• an underlay network with an existing configuration defined by the orchestrator, the existing configuration defining the organization virtual network as an overlay network over the underlay network, the underlay network, communicably attached to the orchestrator;
• and
• a first network device, the first network device including a processor, a memory, and a network interface;
• at one or more nodes acting as an orchestrator, associate a network device identifier with a network device configuration profile and store the network device configuration profile in a storage module, wherein the network device configuration profile comprises underlay network parameters and overlay network parameters, wherein the network device configuration profile further comprises network segment information comprising a segment identifier and one or more configuration parameters defining a virtual network segment for one or more hosts associated with the organization virtual network, the hosts of the virtual network segment isolated from hosts of the organization virtual network not associated with the virtual network segment;
• at a first network device associated with the network device identifier, upon connecting to a network, communicate, over the underlay network, the network device identifier from the first network device to the orchestrator, wherein the first network device is not configured to connect to the organization virtual network;
• and at the orchestrator, upon receiving the network device identifier, retrieve the network device configuration profile corresponding to the network device identifier from the storage module;
• and communicate the network device configuration profile to the first network device;
• at the first network device, modify the device configuration with the network segment information and the underlay network parameters and to transmit data over the organization virtual network to one or more endpoints using the overlay network parameters;
• and
• in response to the first network device being modified with the network device configuration profile, transmitting data over the organization virtual network via the first network device, the organization virtual network configured as an overlay network over the underlay network and including the virtual network segment.