发明名称 | System and method for propagating virtualization awareness in a network environment | ||
摘要 | A method provided in one example embodiment includes a first network device receiving a request comprising a name of a port profile to be subscribed to by a virtual interface (“VIF”). For the first subscribing to the port profile, the first network device notifies a second network device concerning use of the port profile and the second network device applies a network configuration in connection with the notifying. The first network device may receive a removal request identifying a port profile to be unsubscribed from by a VIF. For the last VIF unsubscribing from the identified port profile, the first network device notifies the second network device concerning the unsubscription and the second network device applies a new network configuration in connection with the unsubscription notification. In one embodiment, the second network device comprises a virtualization profile corresponding to the port profile preconfigured thereon for specifying the network configuration. | ||
申请公布号 | US9306768(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2016.04.05 |
申请号 | US201213671275 | 申请日期 | 2012.11.07 |
申请人 | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 发明人 | Bhatt Mehul J. |
分类号 | G06F15/177;H04L12/46 | 主分类号 | G06F15/177 |
代理机构 | Patent Capital Group | 代理人 | Patent Capital Group |
主权项 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving at a first network device a request comprising a name of a port profile to be subscribed to by a virtual interface (“VIF”), wherein the port profile comprises network policies to be applied to a virtual machine connected to the VIF; notifying a second network device concerning use of the port profile, which has been subscribed to by a first VIF, wherein the second network device applies a network configuration in connection with the notifying; receiving a removal request identifying a port profile to be unsubscribed from by a VIF; and for a last VIF unsubscribing from the identified port profile, notifying the second network device concerning the unsubscription, wherein a new network configuration is applied in connection with the unsubscription notification. | ||
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