USER CUSTOMIZATION AND AUTOMATION OF OPERATIONS ON A SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20210184971A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US17169303

    申请日:2021-02-05

    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for defining and executing device-independent commands on a network having a plurality of network devices. In some examples, a controller includes a graphical user interface. The controller displays, via the graphical user interface, network devices that support a device-independent command selected from one or more device-independent commands, wherein each device-independent command performs one or more operations on supported network devices. The controller receives, via the graphical user interface, user input selecting two or more of the displayed network devices and performs the one or more operations of the selected device-independent command on the selected network devices. In some examples, performing includes executing tasks associated with each network device, wherein the tasks, when executed, perform the one or more operations on each respective network device.

    MULTI-PROTOCOL SERVICE CHAINING AMONG DEVICES OF INTERCONNECTED TOPOLOGY

    公开(公告)号:US20210144087A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US17247900

    申请日:2020-12-29

    Abstract: Virtual network controllers are described that automatically generate policies and configuration data for routing traffic through physical network function (PNF) service chains in a multi-tenant data center. An example network controller includes a memory and processing circuitry configured to: automatically generate, for one or more integrated routing and bridging (IRB) units of corresponding virtual network forwarding tables of a switch of a switch fabric of a data center network, configuration information that, when deployed, causes the IRB units to direct data traffic conforming to multiple communication protocols and flowing over a plurality of virtual networks between a first set of server devices and a second set of server devices positioned outside of the switch fabric (i) toward a service device logically positioned outside of the switch fabric and coupled to the switch, and (ii) back from the service device into the switch fabric via the switch.

    CLOUD NETWORK HAVING MULTIPLE PROTOCOLS USING VIRTUALIZATION OVERLAYS ACROSS PHYSICAL AND VIRTUALIZED WORKLOADS

    公开(公告)号:US20200213227A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-02

    申请号:US16232656

    申请日:2018-12-26

    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for configuring multiple network devices implementing different protocols or techniques. For example, these techniques allow network devices configured with different protocols to co-exist within the same network, or for the network to seamlessly evolve from one protocol to the other. Techniques described herein provide for an SDN controller that may bridge a network system implementing different protocols, e.g., Open vSwitch Database (OVSDB) and Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN), by translating high-level configuration data (e.g., desired state of the network at a high level of abstraction) that are protocol agnostic to low-level configuration data (e.g., desired state of the network at a low level of abstraction) that are protocol specific. That is, SDN controller may provide management, control, and analytics functions of a virtualized network configured to operate specifically within an OVSDB environment and/or an EVPN environment.

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