Deriving control plane connectivity during provisioning of a distributed control plane of a switch

摘要

System and methods for deriving configuration information of network resources within a dynamically configured, distributed control plane are described. In one embodiment, the present invention can include a network management device that manages virtual network entities, such as virtual switch fabrics, where the network management device hosts a network management module. The network management module is configured to maintain identifiers for the virtual network entities and the control plane connectivity data of the network devices hosting the virtual network entities.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a compute device configured to send a configuration signal through a network control plane to a first network device such that the first network device is associated with a first portion of a virtual network entity hosted at the first network device and a second portion of the virtual network entity hosted at a second network device, the virtual network entity having a virtual network entity identifier, a plurality of ports of the first network device being provisioned to the first portion of the virtual network entity, a plurality of ports of the second network device being provisioned to the second portion of the virtual network entity, the first network device associated with network control plane connectivity data that defines a relationship between the virtual network entity identifier and the first network device, the compute device configured to determine the network control plane connectivity data associated with the first network device based on the virtual network entity identifier, the compute device configured to send a control plane signal to the first network device using a path determined based on the network control plane connectivity data associated with the first network device.