Methods and apparatus related to a flexible data center security architecture
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- sending a signal to provision a plurality of virtual resources at a plurality of peripheral processing devices coupled to a plurality of edge devices having a first plurality of ports coupled to a multi-stage switch fabric and having a second plurality of ports coupled to the plurality of peripheral processing device, andsending a signal to migrate a virtual resource from the plurality of virtual resources and defined at a first peripheral processing device from the plurality of peripheral processing devices to a second peripheral processing device from the plurality of peripheral processing devices.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, edge devices can be configured to be coupled to a multi-stage switch fabric and peripheral processing devices. The edge devices and the multi-stage switch fabric can collectively define a single logical entity. A first edge device from the edge devices can be configured to be coupled to a first peripheral processing device from the peripheral processing devices. The second edge device from the edge devices can be configured to be coupled to a second peripheral processing device from the peripheral processing devices. The first edge device can be configured such that virtual resources including a first virtual resource can be defined at the first peripheral processing device. A network management module coupled to the edge devices and configured to provision the virtual resources such that the first virtual resource can be migrated from the first peripheral processing device to the second peripheral processing device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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sending a signal to provision a plurality of virtual resources at a plurality of peripheral processing devices coupled to a plurality of edge devices having a first plurality of ports coupled to a multi-stage switch fabric and having a second plurality of ports coupled to the plurality of peripheral processing device, and sending a signal to migrate a virtual resource from the plurality of virtual resources and defined at a first peripheral processing device from the plurality of peripheral processing devices to a second peripheral processing device from the plurality of peripheral processing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at an edge device from a plurality of edge devices, a signal to provision a plurality of virtual resources at a plurality of peripheral processing devices coupled to the plurality of edge devices, the plurality of edge devices having a first plurality of ports coupled to a multi-stage switch fabric and having a second plurality of ports coupled to the plurality of peripheral processing device; and sending a signal to migrate a virtual resource from the plurality of virtual resources and defined at a first peripheral processing device from the plurality of peripheral processing devices to a second peripheral processing device from the plurality of peripheral processing devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a plurality of edge devices, data traffic from a plurality of virtual resources defined at a plurality of peripheral processing devices coupled to a plurality of edge devices that have (1) a first plurality of ports coupled to a multi-stage switch fabric and (2) a second plurality of ports coupled to the plurality of peripheral processing devices; and sending, from an edge device from the plurality of edge devices, data traffic through the multi-stage switch fabric such that the data traffic is isolated from data traffic sent from the remaining virtual resources from the plurality of virtual resources associated with the remaining edge devices from the plurality of edge devices. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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