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US 2022/0116271 A1Published application
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.
Claims1
A method, comprising:
- attaching a virtual machine (VM) to a virtual switch;
- attaching the virtual switch to a physical switch in a physical network;
- communicate, information about the VM to the physical switch;
- accessing, based on the communicated information about the VM, a configuration profile for the VM from a network database;
- and
- configuring, based on the access configuration profile, the physical network to receive/send data from/to the virtual switch.
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