Cisco Technology, Inc.

Pensando Systems Inc.

Shrey Ajmera

Vipin Jain

Pirabhu Raman

Sebastien T Rosset

Enrico Schiattarella

Ravi Nag Chamarthy

Praveen Ravi Kumar

Sai Krishna Nallapaneni

Cheng C Wang

Maithili Narasimha

Gianluca Mardente

Pavithra Ramaswamy

Aleksandr Oshurkov

Network appliances can record log entries in log objects. An object store can receive the log objects and can use the log objects to create index objects and flow log objects. Each flow log object and index object can be associated with a time period wherein the flow log object includes flow log entries received during that time period. The index object includes shard tables that can be stored in different nonvolatile memories and can thereby be concurrently searched. Shard entries in the shard tables indicate flow entry indicators. The flow entry indicators indicate log entries in the flow log object. An internally indexed searchable object can include the flow log object and the index object. Numerous indexed fields in the flow log entries and can be indexed with each indexed field searchable via the shard entries.

Methods and systems for flow logs using an internally indexed searchable object

A method and system for managing resources of a computer network may be provided. A first request to detect a first event in a computer network may be received. A first element of the first event may be detected at a first computing resource of the computer network. After detecting the first element of the first event at the first computing resource, a second computing resource of the computer network may be determined. First data corresponding to the first event from the first computing resource may be provided to the second computing resource. A second element of the first event may be detected at the second computing resource.

Dynamic statistics correlation for computing resources in a multi-tenant environment

Methods and systems for a network flow log database

This disclosure describes a method of utilizing network controllers to store mappings between policies, dynamic operating attributes (DOA), and trigger values in a manifest and utilizing software agents in communication to monitor DOAs of respective workloads or workload groupings for trigger values associated with the DOAs to apply a corresponding policy at run-time. The method provides for flexible policy semantics and on-demand policy provisioning. The method includes receiving at a network controller, a definition of a policy, a DOA associated with a workload, and a trigger value associated with the DOA, storing a mapping between the policy, DOA and trigger value, sending the DOA and the trigger value to a datapath agent monitoring respective workloads, receiving an indication that a current value of the DOA of the workload corresponds to the trigger value from the software agent, and sending the policy to the software agent for distribution to the workload.

Flexible policy semantics extensions using dynamic tagging and manifests

A compressed flow log can be created from flow log entries. Flow log entries include field values for flow log fields. The entries can be compressed based on tuples (e.g., primary tuple, secondary tuple, tertiary tuple, etc.) specified by tuple definitions that specify the flow log fields in tuple content values. A first primary tuple content value can be based on a primary tuple definition and the field values of a first flow log entry included in flow log entries. A first primary tuple symbol can be associated with the first primary tuple content value. The first flow log entry can be used to create a first compressed flow log entry that includes the first primary tuple symbol. The first compressed flow log entry can be included in the compressed flow log, and the compressed flow log can be transmitted to a flow log consumer.

Methods and systems for flow log compression and coordination

A methodology is provided. The methodology includes: creating a virtual storage area network between one or more storage arrays and a switch; creating a service profile for a zoning configuration, wherein the service profile is associated with at least one or more servers to create the zoning configuration; updating the zoning configuration with a worldwide port name identity for each of the one or more servers; configuring virtual host bus adapters for the service profile; associating a storage target port on one of the one or more storage arrays with a specific one of the virtual host bus adapters; and associating at least one of the one or more servers to a storage policy, wherein storage target ports can be added and removed from the storage policy, wherein a change of one of the storage target ports in the storage policy causes a change of the zoning configuration.

System and method for policy based fibre channel zoning based on storage ports and bus adaptors

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes connecting one or more storage arrays to a switch; connecting one or more servers to the switch; creating a virtual storage area network between the one or more storage arrays and the switch; creating a service profile for a zoning configuration; and associating at least one of the one or more servers to a storage policy, wherein storage target ports can be added and removed from the storage policy, wherein a change of one of the storage target ports in the storage policy causes a change of the zoning configuration, wherein the storage policy includes an identifier of a fiber channel adaptor. In more specific examples, the method can include configuring virtual host bus adapters for the service profile; configuring parameters for each of the virtual host bus adapters; and associating a target port on one of the one or more storage arrays with a specific one of the virtual host bus adapters.

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Milpitas, CA, United States of America

Shrey Ajmera