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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Muthurajah Sivabalan, Kanata, CA;
Sami Boutros, Dublin, CA (US);
Clarence Filsfils, Brussels, BE;
Rex Emmanuel Fernando, Dublin, CA (US);
Lakshmi Sharma, Saratoga, CA (US);
Santiago Vazquez Freitas, Feltham, ES;
Bruce McDougall, Anacortes, WA (US);
Robert Keith Fielding, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a request to create a path through a network, wherein the path originates on a first network device and terminates on the second network device; identifying a first controller associated with the first network device, wherein the first controller proxies control plane functions for the first network device; identifying a second controller associated with the second network device, wherein the second controller proxies control plane functions for the second network device; and computing the path using the first controller as a source and the second controller as a destination. The first controller installs the computed path on the first network device and the second controller installs the computed path on the second network device.