公开(公告)号：US20170310611A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

申请号：US15347349

申请日：2016-11-09

Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Surendra M. Kumar ,  Jeffrey Napper ,  Prashant Patadayya Hiremath ,  Vandana Saha

IPC: H04L12/931 ,  H04L12/947 ,  H04L12/813

CPC classification number: H04L69/00 ,  H04L67/2842

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes creating a catalog of service function (“SF”) profiles, wherein each of the profiles is associated with an SF and indicates a type of the associated SF; storing the catalog of SF profiles in a memory device of a service controller associated with the DVS; creating a service profile group template (“SPGT”) that includes at least one SF profile from the catalog of SF profiles, wherein the SPGT includes a service chain definition identifying at least one service chain comprising the SF associated with the at least one SF profile to be executed in connection with a service path and at least one policy for classifying traffic to the at least one service chain; deploying a first SPG instance based on the SPGT; and deploying an additional SPG instance based on the SPGT in accordance with a scaling policy included in the SPGT.

公开(公告)号：US10931793B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US15347349

申请日：2016-11-09

Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Surendra M. Kumar ,  Jeffrey Napper ,  Prashant Patadayya Hiremath ,  Vandana Saha

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes creating a catalog of service function (“SF”) profiles, wherein each of the profiles is associated with an SF and indicates a type of the associated SF; storing the catalog of SF profiles in a memory device of a service controller associated with the DVS; creating a service profile group template (“SPGT”) that includes at least one SF profile from the catalog of SF profiles, wherein the SPGT includes a service chain definition identifying at least one service chain comprising the SF associated with the at least one SF profile to be executed in connection with a service path and at least one policy for classifying traffic to the at least one service chain; deploying a first SPG instance based on the SPGT; and deploying an additional SPG instance based on the SPGT in accordance with a scaling policy included in the SPGT.