公开(公告)号：US10891147B1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-12

申请号：US15376365

申请日：2016-12-12

Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Vijayan Ramakrishnan ,  Saurabh Jain ,  Vijay Chander ,  Ronak K. Desai ,  Praveen Jain ,  Munish Mehta ,  Yibin Yang

IPC: G06F9/455

Abstract: Aspects of the embodiments are directed to forming a virtual machine management (VMM) domain in a heterogeneous datacenter. Aspects can include mapping an endpoint group to multiple VMM domains, each VMM domain associated with one or more virtual machine management systems of a single type that each share one or more management system characteristics; instantiating a virtual switch instance, the virtual switch instance associated with a the VMM domain; and instantiating the endpoint group mapped to the VMM domain as a network component associated with the virtual switch instance.

公开(公告)号：US10469402B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US15353093

申请日：2016-11-16

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Saurabh Jain ,  Vijay K. Chander ,  Vijayan Ramakrishnan ,  Ronak K. Desai ,  Praveen Jain ,  Munish Mehta ,  Yibin Yang

IPC: G06F15/167 ,  H04L12/919 ,  H04L12/24

Abstract: The techniques presented herein use dynamic endpoint group (EPG) binding changes to facilitate cross-tenant resource sharing. A first node of a multi-tenant software defined network determines that an application on a first endpoint has initiated operation and needs temporary access to resources located at a second endpoint. The first and second endpoints are associated with first and second tenants, respectively, that are logically segregated from one another by the software defined network. The first node dynamically changes an initial EPG binding associated with the first endpoint to a second EPG binding that enables the first endpoint to temporarily directly access the resources at the second endpoint. The first node subsequently determines that the application on the first endpoint no longer needs access to the resources located at a second endpoint and, as such, changes the second EPG binding associated with the first endpoint back to the initial EPG binding.

公开(公告)号：US20180139150A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-17

申请号：US15353093

申请日：2016-11-16

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Saurabh Jain ,  Vijay K. Chander ,  Vijayan Ramakrishnan ,  Ronak K. Desai ,  Praveen Jain ,  Munish Mehta ,  Yibin Yang

IPC: H04L12/919 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/26

CPC classification number: H04L47/765 ,  H04L41/0823 ,  H04L41/0896 ,  H04L41/12

Abstract: The techniques presented herein use dynamic endpoint group (EPG) binding changes to facilitate cross-tenant resource sharing. A first node of a multi-tenant software defined network determines that an application on a first endpoint has initiated operation and needs temporary access to resources located at a second endpoint. The first and second endpoints are associated with first and second tenants, respectively, that are logically segregated from one another by the software defined network. The first node dynamically changes an initial EPG binding associated with the first endpoint to a second EPG binding that enables the first endpoint to temporarily directly access the resources at the second endpoint. The first node subsequently determines that the application on the first endpoint no longer needs access to the resources located at a second endpoint and, as such, changes the second EPG binding associated with the first endpoint back to the initial EPG binding.