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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2015
Applicant:

Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Balaji Venkat Venkataswami, Chennai, IN;

Bhargav Bhikkaji, San Jose, CA (US);

Narayana Swamy Perumal, Chennai, IN;

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/745 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/947 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/0677 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 12/1886 (2013.01); H04L 12/462 (2013.01); H04L 43/0882 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/72 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 45/748 (2013.01); H04L 49/25 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes a network orchestration service running on a computer processor. The network orchestration service provides a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) listener module and a topology builder module. The BGP listener module is configured to receive information from a plurality of spine devices configured as an autonomous system and the topology builder module is configured to use the information received by the BGP listener module to create a topology of a data center that includes the plurality of spine devices. Additionally, the network orchestration service is in communication with a memory that is used to store information received by the BGP listener module and the topology of the data center. Applications of the information handling system for better operating the data center are also provided.


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