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US 2022/0376973 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.
Claims24
A method for configuring a network device, the method comprising:
- at an orchestrator, associating a network device identifier with a network device configuration profile and storing the network device configuration profile in a storage module associated with the orchestrator;
- at a first network device corresponding to the network device identifier, connecting to a network;
- communicating the network device identifier from the first network device to the orchestrator;
- retrieving the network device configuration profile corresponding to the network device identifier from the storage module;
- communicating the network device configuration profile from the orchestrator to the first network device;
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- configuring the first network device using the network device configuration profile.
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A system for configuration of a network device, the system comprising:
- one or more nodes acting as a network orchestrator, the one or more nodes including a processor, a memory, and a network interface;
- a storage module associated with the orchestrator;
- a network with an existing configuration defined by the orchestrator, communicably attached to the orchestrator;
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- a first network device associated with a network device identifier, the first network device including a processor, a memory, and a network interface,
- wherein the orchestrator is configured to associate the network device identifier with a network device configuration profile and store the network device configuration profile in the storage module,
- wherein the first network device, upon connecting to a network, in configured to:
- communicate 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, and
- communicate the network device configuration profile to the first network device, and wherein the first network device modifies its network configuration using the network device configuration profile.
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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 one or more nodes acting as a network orchestrator a storage module associated with the orchestrator;
- a network with an existing configuration defined by the orchestrator, communicably attached to the orchestrator;
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- a first network device associated with a network device identifier, 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;
- at a first network device associated with the network device identifier, upon connecting to a network, communicate the network device identifier from the first network device to the orchestrator;
- 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;
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- at the first network device, modify the device configuration using the network device configuration profile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.