AUTOMATION AND PROGRAMMABILITY FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING SYSTEMS

摘要

System, method, and computer program product to perform an operation comprising providing, to a software defined networking (SDN) application executing on a first network element, of a plurality of network elements in a network, an application program interface (API) to abstract access to: (i) a plurality of ingress interfaces of the first network element, (ii) a plurality of egress interfaces of the first network element, and (iii) a routing information base (RIB) of the first network element, wherein each of the plurality of network elements comprise a plurality of ingress interfaces, a plurality of egress interfaces, and a RIB, receiving a request from the SDN application invoke a function of the API to apply the function to the first network element, and applying the function to the first network element through the API.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
providing, to a software defined networking (SDN) application executing on a first network element, of a plurality of network elements in a network, an application program interface (API) to abstract access to: (i) a plurality of ingress interfaces of the first network element, (ii) a plurality of egress interfaces of the first network element, and (iii) a routing information base (RIB) of the first network element, wherein each of the plurality of network elements comprise a plurality of ingress interfaces, a plurality of egress interfaces, and a RIB; receiving a request from the SDN application invoke a function of the API to apply the function to the first network element; and applying the function to the first network element through the API.