Harmonized control planes, systems and methods
First Claim
1. A networking switch comprising:
- a plurality of optical physical transport layer resources;
a non-transitory computer readable memory storing virtualized control plane software instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the virtualized control plane software instructions to operate as a fabric manager to;
receiving, via a request over a network interface, at least one control plane provisioning policy that maps at least one upper layer resource to at least some of the optical physical transport layer resources;
instantiating at least one virtual control plane by provisioning the at least some of the optical physical transport layer resources for use by the at least one virtual control plane, where the at least one virtual control plane operates according to rules of the control plane provisioning policy to configure the at least one virtual control plane to provision at least one lower layer resource based on a request for the at least one upper layer resource; and
managing network traffic among the at least some optical physical transport layer resources and external networking nodes according to the at least one virtual control plane.
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Abstract
A network switch comprises a plurality of optical physical transport layer resources and a control plane management engine capable of receiving, via a request over a network interface, at least one control plane provisioning policy that maps at least one upper layer resource to at least some of the optical physical transport layer resources. The control plane management engine provisions at least some of the optical physical transport layer resources for use by at least one virtual control plane, which operates according to rules of the control plane provisioning policy. The control plane management engine is configured to manage network traffic among the at least some optical physical transport layer resources and external networking nodes according to the at least one virtual control plane.
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20 Claims
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1. A networking switch comprising:
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a plurality of optical physical transport layer resources; a non-transitory computer readable memory storing virtualized control plane software instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the virtualized control plane software instructions to operate as a fabric manager to; receiving, via a request over a network interface, at least one control plane provisioning policy that maps at least one upper layer resource to at least some of the optical physical transport layer resources; instantiating at least one virtual control plane by provisioning the at least some of the optical physical transport layer resources for use by the at least one virtual control plane, where the at least one virtual control plane operates according to rules of the control plane provisioning policy to configure the at least one virtual control plane to provision at least one lower layer resource based on a request for the at least one upper layer resource; and managing network traffic among the at least some optical physical transport layer resources and external networking nodes according to the at least one virtual control plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer readable media product comprising a physical, non-transitory computer readable memory storing software instructions that cause, via execution, at least one processor in a networking switch to operate as a fabric manager by:
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receiving, via a request over a network interface, at least one control plane provisioning policy mapping at least one upper layer resource to at least some of optical physical transport layer resources of the networking switch; instantiating at least one virtual control plane by provisioning the at least some of the optical physical transport layer resources for use by the at least one virtual control plane, where the at least one virtual control plane operates according to rules of the control plane provisioning policy to configure the at least one virtual control plane to provision at least one lower layer resource based on a request for the at least one upper layer resource; and managing network traffic among the at least some optical physical transport layer resources and external networking nodes according to the at least one virtual control plane. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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