Cisco Technology, Inc.

Prashant Patadayya Hiremath

Jeffrey Michael Napper

Surendra M Kumar

Vandana Saha

In one embodiment, a method includes creating a catalog of service function ('SF') profiles, wherein each of the profiles is associated with an SF and indicates a type of the associated SF; storing the catalog of SF profiles in a memory device of a service controller associated with the DVS; creating a service profile group template ('SPGT') that includes at least one SF profile from the catalog of SF profiles, wherein the SPGT includes a service chain definition identifying at least one service chain comprising the SF associated with the at least one SF profile to be executed in connection with a service path and at least one policy for classifying traffic to the at least one service chain; deploying a first SPG instance based on the SPGT; and deploying an additional SPG instance based on the SPGT in accordance with a scaling policy included in the SPGT.

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Prashant Patadayya Hiremath