AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP

Other

Google Inc.

Sunil Maloo

Han Q Nguyen

Douglas M Nortz

Srinandan Hullahalli

Robert Roschewsk

Anestis Karasaridis

Kevin L D'Souza

Eshrat Huda

Mukundan Sarukkai

David Crawford Gibbon

Behzad Shahraray

Andrea Basso

James Uttaro

Mark W Altom

Herani Soewarto Brotman

Avinash Lingala

David Parisi

Saud Asif

Steven J Solomon

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, an application requirement for a server of a data center geographically separated from a central location. A configuration file adapted for the server according to the application requirement is obtained at the central location and a host processor located at the data center is selected according to the application requirement. A static IP address preassigned to an administrative portion of the selected host processor is identified. The selected host processor is initialized remotely over a wide area network via the administrative port without utilizing any software resources pre-existing at the data center. The initializing configures the selected host processor according to the configuration file to service the application requirement. Other embodiments are disclosed.

System and method for remote configuration of scalable datacenter

Techniques for mechanized modify/add/create/delete (MACD) for network configuration are provided. A method can include creating a data object from input data relating to a requested change to a target network configuration, the data object comprising a first parameter indicating a type of the requested change and a second parameter identifying the target network configuration; retrieving, from a repository according to a group of logical rules, executable instructions associated with the type of the requested change, as given by the first parameter of the data object, and the target network configuration, as given by the second parameter of the data object; and performing, further according to the group of logical rules, the requested change to the target network configuration, the performing of the requested change comprising executing the executable instructions retrieved from the repository.

Mechanized modify/add/create/delete for network configuration

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, specification of network service functions (e.g., a firewall or network address translation appliance) to be included in a service function path. Routers in a communication network may publish information regarding reachable network service functions and an API may be exposed that provides the information regarding the reachable network service functions. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Network service functions API

A content distribution network includes a first server in communication with an anycast server that provides content via a unicast signal, and with a multicast server that provides the content via a multicast signal. The first server is configured to receive a list of source addresses associated with the content, and to provide a metadata file including an anycast Internet protocol address of the anycast server from the list of source addresses as an Internet protocol address of the content in response to a first request for the content. When the number of client devices requesting the content exceeds a first threshold, the first server receives an updated list of sources including a multicast Internet protocol address of a multicast server, and provides the multicast Internet protocol address of the multicast server as the Internet protocol address of the content in the metadata file.

System and method for dynamically adapting network delivery modes of content

An architecture for automatically preconditioning and certifying the deployment of network hardware prior to installation of network services. A method can comprise in response to receiving electrical power from a mains power supply, downloading specific executable instructions to facilitate execution of an operating system kernel by the processor; determining that the operating system kernel has attained an operational status; based on the determining, establishing a pre-boot execution network environment with a device of a group of devices; initializing a group of protocol services; and facilitating retrieval of configuration data from the device using the group of protocol services.

System and method for conditioning and certifying network equipment

A method of capturing selected network data includes selecting a first server from a plurality of servers in accordance with a first criterion, and the first server processing a first packet of a plurality of packets; selecting a second packet from the plurality of packets in accordance with a second criterion, and providing data associated with the second packet to a capture server. The first and second criteria are based on second information associated with the second packet. The second information is associated with one of the session layer, presentation layer, and application layer. A corresponding system and computer-readable device are also disclosed.

Method and system to capture selected network data

A load balancer forwards a content request from a client system to a proxy server, receives from the proxy server a modified content request based on the content request and including information identifying a content origin server, opens a connection with the content origin server in response to receiving the first modified content request, and sends a second modified content request based upon the first modified content request to the content origin server. The load balancer also receives content associated with the content request from the content origin server, and forwards the content to the client system.

System and method for segregating layer seven control and data traffic

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Edison, NJ, United States of America

Sunil Maloo