Extreme Networks, Inc.

Jeffrey L Barnhill

Donald Bruce Grosser, Jr

Junjie Ma

Tony Wang

Shangquan Wen

Gorden Jennings

Sumit Garg

Yarnin Israel

Girish Kumar Karunagaran

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for generating a virtual replica of a physical network. An aspect operates by receiving, from a network management system (NMS), a request to generate a network digital twin (network-DT) instance corresponding to a physical network that includes a plurality of physical network devices, where the request includes link connectivity information corresponding to the physical network and a respective plurality of device characteristics corresponding to each of the plurality of physical network devices. A plurality of device digital twin (device-DT) instances are generated, each corresponding to a respective physical network device of the plurality of physical network devices, where each device-DT instance of the plurality of device-DT instances is generated based on the respective plurality of device characteristics corresponding to the respective physical network device. The network-DT instance is generated based on the plurality of device-DT instances and the link connectivity information.

Method and apparatus to create a virtualized replica of a computer network

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Cary, NC, United States of America

Jeffrey L Barnhill