US 2020/0053150 A1 · NETWORK TOPOLOGY TEMPLATES FOR INTERNAL STATES OF MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL PLANES

Abstract

An approach for creating and cloning templates for a state of a plane is provided. In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving a template cloning request for cloning a template for a particular plane; parsing the template cloning request to determine a template identifier and one or more configuration pairs included in the template cloning request; based on, at least in part, the template identifier, determining whether a particular template database stores a particular template that is identified by the template identifier; in response to determining that the particular template database stores the particular template that is identified by the template identifier: retrieving the particular template from the particular template database; generating a cloned particular template by cloning the particular template using contents of the one or more configuration pairs; and storing the cloned particular template in a particular state database that is associated with the particular plane.

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Dependent claims

A method for creating and cloning templates for a state of a plane, the method comprising:

creating a template for a particular plane using contents of one or more configuration pairs;
wherein the particular plane is a management plane (MP) or a central control plane (CCP) in a software defined networking (SDN) environment;
storing the template in a template database that is associated with the particular plane;
receiving a template cloning request for cloning the template for the particular plane;
and
in response to the receiving of the template cloning request:
retrieving the template from the template database;
generating a cloned template by cloning the template using the contents of one or more configuration pairs;
storing the cloned template in a state database that is associated with the particular plane;
and
deploying an overlay network having a network topology according to the cloned template.

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One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:

creating a template for a particular plane using contents of one or more configuration pairs;
wherein the particular plane is a management plane (MP) or a central control plane (CCP) in a software defined networking (SDN) environment;
storing the template in a template database that is associated with the particular plane;
receiving a template cloning request for cloning the template for the particular plane;
and
in response to the receiving of the template cloning request:
retrieving the template from the template database;
generating a cloned template by cloning the template using the contents of one or more configuration pairs;
storing the cloned template in a state database that is associated with the particular plane;
and
deploying an overlay network having a network topology according to the cloned template.

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A computer-based network manager configured to create and clone templates for states of management and control planes, the computer-based network manager comprising:

one or more processors;
one or more memory units;
and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:
creating a template for a particular plane using contents of one or more configuration pairs;
wherein the particular plane is a management plane (MP) or a central control plane (CCP) in a software defined networking (SDN) environment;
storing the template in a template database that is associated with the particular plane;
receiving a template cloning request for cloning the template for the particular plane;
and
in response to the receiving of the template cloning request:
retrieving the template from the template database;
generating a cloned template by cloning the template using the contents of one or more configuration pairs;
storing the cloned template in a state database that is associated with the particular plane;
and
deploying an overlay network having a network topology according to the cloned template.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Network topology templates for internal states of management and control planes

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Network topology templates for internal states of management and control planes

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