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US 9,882,802 B2Granted
Auto management of a virtual device context enabled network infrastructure
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsAnkur Goyal, Samar Sharma, Manuwela Kanade
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a virtual device context (vDC) domain may be advertised to other network devices. If at least a partition of each device is determined to belong to the same vDC domain, the network interface communicating with the at least one device may be activated.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory storage;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processor is configured to:
- assign a virtual device context (vDC) domain to at least one of a plurality of network ports,
- determine if the at least one of the plurality of network ports is currently in an active state, and
- in response to determining that the at least one of the plurality of network ports is currently in an active state:
- transmit a first network data frame advertising the assigned vDC domain on the at least one of the plurality of network ports;
- receive a second network data frame on the at least one of the plurality of network ports;
- determine whether the second network data frame is advertising the assigned vDC domain;
- and
- in response to determining that the second network data frame is advertising the assigned vDC domain, maintain the active state of the at least one of the plurality of network ports.
8 more elements
A method comprising:
- assigning a virtual device context (vDC) domain to at least one of a plurality of network ports;
- determining that the at least one of the plurality of network ports is currently in an active state;
- and
- in response to determining that the at least one of the plurality of network ports is currently in an active state:
- transmitting a first network data frame advertising the assigned vDC domain on the at least one of the plurality of network ports,
- receiving a second network data frame on the at least one of the plurality of network ports,
- determine whether the second network data frame is advertising the assigned vDC domain, and
- in response to determining that the second network data frame is advertising the assigned vDC domain, maintain the active state of the at least one of the plurality of network ports.
5 more elements
A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
- assigning a virtual device context (vDC) domain to at least one of a plurality of network ports;
- determining that the at least one of the plurality of network ports is currently in an active state;
- and
- in response to determining that the at least one of the plurality of network ports is currently in an active state:
- transmitting a first network data frame advertising the assigned vDC domain on the at least one of the plurality of network ports,
- receiving a second network data frame on the at least one of the plurality of network ports,
- determine whether the second network data frame is advertising the assigned vDC domain, and
- in response to determining that the second network data frame is advertising the assigned vDC domain, maintain the active state of the at least one of the plurality of network ports.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.