METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVISIONING RESOURCES WITHIN A DISTRIBUTED CONTROL PLANE OF A SWITCH
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a network management module to be operatively coupled to a plurality of edge devices that are coupled to a plurality of peripheral processing devices, the network management module to receive a signal associated with a broadcast protocol from an edge device from the plurality of edge devices in response to that edge device being operatively coupled to a switch fabric, the network management module to provision that edge device in response to receiving the signal,the network management module to define a plurality of network control entities at the plurality of edge devices such that each network control entity from the plurality of network control entities is to provide forwarding-state information associated with at least one peripheral processing device from the plurality of peripheral processing devices to at least one remaining network control entity from the plurality of network control entities using a selective protocol.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a network management module is operatively coupled to a set of edge devices that are coupled to a set of peripheral processing devices. The network management module can receive a signal associated with a broadcast protocol from an edge device from the set of edge devices in response to that edge device being operatively coupled to a switch fabric. The network management module can provision that edge device in response to receiving the signal. The network management module can define multiple network control entities at the set of edge devices such that each network control entity from the multiple network control entities can provide forwarding-state information associated with at least one peripheral processing device from the set of peripheral processing devices to at least one remaining network control entity from the multiple network control entities using a selective protocol.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a network management module to be operatively coupled to a plurality of edge devices that are coupled to a plurality of peripheral processing devices, the network management module to receive a signal associated with a broadcast protocol from an edge device from the plurality of edge devices in response to that edge device being operatively coupled to a switch fabric, the network management module to provision that edge device in response to receiving the signal, the network management module to define a plurality of network control entities at the plurality of edge devices such that each network control entity from the plurality of network control entities is to provide forwarding-state information associated with at least one peripheral processing device from the plurality of peripheral processing devices to at least one remaining network control entity from the plurality of network control entities using a selective protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17)
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9. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to:
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send a first signal indicating that an edge device has been operatively coupled to a switch fabric system defining a plurality of virtual switch fabric systems, the first signal being based on a broadcast protocol; receive a second signal from a network management module, the second signal causing the edge device to initiate a first network control entity at the edge device, the second signal assigning to the first network control entity a device identifier and a virtual switch fabric system identifier associated with a virtual switch fabric system from the plurality of virtual switch fabric systems, the first network control entity to manage at least a portion of the edge device; and send, using the first network control entity, forwarding-state information associated with a peripheral processing device operatively coupled to the edge device to a second network control entity associated with the virtual switch fabric system, using a selective protocol. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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a plurality of edge devices associated with a network and to be operatively coupled to a switch fabric and a plurality of peripheral processing devices, a first edge device from the plurality of edge devices to send a broadcast signal to a plurality of devices associated with the network when the first edge device is initially coupled to the network, a network management module to automatically provision the first edge device from the plurality of edge devices in response to receiving the broadcast signal, the network management module defining a first network control entity at the first edge device from the plurality of edge devices and a second network control entity at a second edge device from the plurality of edge devices, a first set of peripheral processing devices from the plurality of peripheral processing devices being associated with the first network control entity, a second set of peripheral processing devices from the plurality of peripheral processing devices being associated with the second network control entity, the first network control entity to send forwarding-state information associated with the first set of peripheral processing devices to the second network control entity using a selective protocol. - View Dependent Claims (16, 18, 19, 20)
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