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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2015
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Lincoln T. Dale, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ben C. DeBolle, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Anshul Sadana, Santa Clara, CA (US);
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments are described herein to enable physical topology independent dynamic insertion of a service device into a network. One embodiment provides for a network system comprising a set of network elements to interconnect a set of host devices, the set of network elements having a physical topology defined by the physical links between network elements in the set of network elements, and a network management device including a network management module to monitor and configure the set of network elements, the network management module to configure the set of network elements to enable dynamic insertion of a network service device into the network to logically couple to one or more host devices in the set of host devices to the network service device independently of a location of the one or more host devices and the network service device within the physical topology.