Capabilities Based Routing of Virtual Data Center Service Request
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving at a provider edge routing device capabilities data representative of capabilities of computing devices disposed in a data center, the capabilities data having been published by an associated local data center edge device; and
advertising, by the provider edge routing device, the capabilities data to other provider edge routing devices in communication with one another in a network of provider edge routing devices.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for receiving at a provider edge routing device capabilities data representative of capabilities of computing devices disposed in a data center, the capabilities data having been published by an associated local data center edge device, and advertising, by the provider edge routing device, the capabilities data to other provider edge routing devices in communication with one another in a network of provider edge routing devices. The provider edge routing device also receives respective capabilities data from each of the other provider edge routing devices, wherein each of the other provider edge routing devices is associated with a respective local data center via a corresponding data center edge device, and stores all the capabilities data in a directory of capabilities. Thereafter, a request for computing services is received at the provider edge network and the methodology provides for selecting, based on the directory of capabilities, one of the data centers to fulfill the request for computing services to obtain a selected data center, and for routing the request for computing services to the selected data center.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving at a provider edge routing device capabilities data representative of capabilities of computing devices disposed in a data center, the capabilities data having been published by an associated local data center edge device; and advertising, by the provider edge routing device, the capabilities data to other provider edge routing devices in communication with one another in a network of provider edge routing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:
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receive at a provider edge routing device capabilities data representative of capabilities of computing devices disposed in a data center, the capabilities data having been published by an associated local data center edge device; and advertise, by the provider edge routing device, the capabilities data to other provider edge routing devices in communication with one another in a network of provider edge routing devices. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a network interface unit configured to communicate over a network; and a processor configured to; receive capabilities data representative of capabilities of computing devices disposed in a data center, the capabilities data having been published by an associated local data center edge device; and advertise, via the network interface unit, the capabilities data to other provider edge routing devices in communication with one another in a network of provider edge routing devices. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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