Defining network rules based on remote device management attributes
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1. A method of defining policies for network elements in a datacenter to enforce, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of remote device management (RDM) attributes from a set of one or more RDM servers; and
generating a policy configuration pane for display, said pane comprising a plurality of user interface (UI) controls for specifying policies based on layer 2 to layer 4 data-message header attributes and based on received RDM attributes,wherein the network elements perform at least one service on data messages received from remote devices when the remote devices access resources of the network.
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide novel methods for processing remote-device data messages in a network based on data-message attributes from a remote device management (RDM) system. For instance, the method of some embodiments identifies a set of RDM attributes associated with a data message, and then performs one or more service operations based on identified RDM attribute set.
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1. A method of defining policies for network elements in a datacenter to enforce, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of remote device management (RDM) attributes from a set of one or more RDM servers; and generating a policy configuration pane for display, said pane comprising a plurality of user interface (UI) controls for specifying policies based on layer 2 to layer 4 data-message header attributes and based on received RDM attributes, wherein the network elements perform at least one service on data messages received from remote devices when the remote devices access resources of the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of defining policies for network elements in a datacenter to enforce, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of remote device management (RDM) attributes from a set of one or more RDM servers; generating a policy configuration pane for display, said pane comprising a plurality of user interface (UI) controls for specifying policies based on layer 2 to layer 4 data-message header attributes and based on received RDM attributes; converting RDM-attribute based policies that are defined through the policy configuration pane to RDM-attribute based rules for distribution to network elements; and distributing the RDM-attribute based rules to the network elements for the network elements to process in order to enforce the RDM-attribute based policies. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program for execution by at least one processing unit, the program for defining rules for network elements in a datacenter to enforce, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
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receiving a plurality of remote device management (RDM) attributes from a set of one or more RDM servers; and generating a rule configuration pane for display, said pane comprising a plurality of user interface (UI) controls for specifying rules based on layer 2 to layer 4 data-message header attributes and based on received RDM attributes, wherein the network elements perform at least one service on data messages received from remote devices when the remote devices access resources of the network. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a of program for execution by at least one processing unit for defining rules for network elements in a datacenter to enforce, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
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receiving a plurality of remote device management (RDM) attributes from a set of one or more RDM servers; generating a rule configuration pane for display, said pane comprising a plurality of user interface (UI) controls for specifying rules based on layer 2 to layer 4 data-message header attributes and based on received RDM attributes; converting RDM-attribute based policies that are defined through the policy configuration pane to RDM-attribute based rules for distribution to network elements; and distributing the RDM-attribute based rules to the network elements for the network elements to process in order to enforce the RDM-attribute based policies.
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