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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2016
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Simon James Trevor Spraggs, Hants, GB;
Nagaraj Arunkumar, Saratoga, CA (US);
Yegappan Lakshmanan, Fremont, CA (US);
Andrew Persaud, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Yeung, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Robert Phillips, Dubai, AE;
Lang Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael F. O'Gorman, San Carlos, CA (US);
Brian Richard Sarbin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joe Sutton, San Jose, CA (US);
Vinay Singla, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A device is configured to support one or more virtual networking functions at a branch in a network. The device receives from a central control entity a command to deploy a particular virtual networking function, the command including or accompanied by a deployment file that identifies an external port at which the particular virtual networking function is accessed externally at the device. The device maps the external port to an internal port on an internal management network of the device, and stores a portmapping entry for the particular virtual networking function based on the mapping. The device sends to the central control entity a notification containing portmapping information that indicates the internal port to which the external port is mapped.