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ZERO TOUCH CONFIGURATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF A SERVICE APPLIANCE IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

  • US 20160094394A1
  • Filed: 05/12/2015
  • Published: 03/31/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
  • Status: Active Application
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, at an appliance port on a service appliance, an indication that a switch port on a switch changed from an inactive status to an active status, the appliance port being connected over a network to the switch port;

    starting a bootstrap protocol, comprising receiving at the service appliance from the switch, a bootstrap message from a service executing in the switch;

    creating, by the service appliance, an empty port channel at the service appliance;

    adding, by the service appliance, the appliance port to the port channel; and

    associating, by the service appliance, the service to the port channel in a cache.

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