Intel Corporation

Dell Products Inc.

Srinivas Dabir

Man Dieu Trinh

Chandrasekharan Nilakantan

Chi-Hua Chang

Padmavathi V Uppalapati

Lunardi Teguh

An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes a network infrastructure, the network infrastructure comprising a plurality of network switches in communication with a network controller and a first network server with a network orchestrator running thereon and generating network infrastructure requirements. The information handling system further includes a second network server that has a connection manager running thereon. The connection manager is configured to receive the network infrastructure requirements from the network orchestrator and to convert the specified network infrastructure requirements to instructions suited to the network controller. An associated method for facilitating communication between one or more network orchestrators and network infrastructure is also provided. The information handling system and associated method decouple the network orchestrator from the management of the network infrastructure.

Systems and methods for managing connections in an orchestrated network

The present invention provides techniques for controlling the functionality of a network processor and for facilitating integration of the network processor with a host system. Application programming interfaces (APIs) are provided which can be invoked by the host system for performing device level functions on the network processor. The APIs are provided by a device control module which may execute either on the host system or on the network processor. A host application may invoke an API and the function corresponding to the invoked API is performed by the network processor. Responses or results from the function execution may then be forwarded by the network processor to the host application.

Method and apparatus for issuing commands to a network processor configured to provide a plurality of APIs

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Saratoga, CA, United States of America

Srinivas Dabir