公开(公告)号：US20200280517A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-03

申请号：US16877513

申请日：2020-05-19

申请人： Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited

发明人： James KWON ,  Joseph AMMIRATO

IPC分类号： H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L12/931 ,  H04L12/755 ,  H04L12/771 ,  H04L29/06

摘要： Virtual machine environments are provided in the switches that form a network, with the virtual machines executing network services previously performed by dedicated appliances. The virtual machines can be executed on a single multi-core processor in combination with normal switch functions or on dedicated services processor boards. Packet processors analyze incoming packets and add a services tag containing services entries to any packets. Each switch reviews the services tag and performs any network services resident on that switch. This allows services to be deployed at the optimal locations in the network. The network services may be deployed by use of drag and drop operations. A topology view is presented, along with network services that may be deployed. Services may be selected and dragged to a single switch or multiple switches. The management tool deploys the network services software, with virtual machines being instantiated on the switches as needed.

公开(公告)号：US20220321473A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17845850

申请日：2022-06-21

申请人： Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited

发明人： James KWON ,  Joseph AMMIRATO

IPC分类号： H04L45/745 ,  H04L41/5041 ,  H04L43/18 ,  H04L49/35 ,  H04L49/00 ,  H04L45/021 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L69/22 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L49/354

摘要： Virtual machine environments are provided in the switches that form a network, with the virtual machines executing network services previously performed by dedicated appliances. The virtual machines can be executed on a single multi-core processor in combination with normal switch functions or on dedicated services processor boards. Packet processors analyze incoming packets and add a services tag containing services entries to any packets. Each switch reviews the services tag and performs any network services resident on that switch. This allows services to be deployed at the optimal locations in the network. The network services may be deployed by use of drag and drop operations. A topology view is presented, along with network services that may be deployed. Services may be selected and dragged to a single switch or multiple switches. The management tool deploys the network services software, with virtual machines being instantiated on the switches as needed.