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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2019
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sandip Y. Borle, Cupertino, CA (US);
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for integration of networking infrastructure with network services running in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) of an enterprise network. According to one embodiment, a cloud switch implemented by cloud services provided by a cloud service provider, creates a logical cloud port to provide connectivity to one of multiple resources provided by the cloud service provider. The cloud switch creates a physical cloud port to provide connectivity to a physical, on-premises network infrastructure component of multiple physical network infrastructure components within the enterprise network. The logical cloud port is associated with a particular resource and the physical cloud port is associated with a physical port of a physical network infrastructure component of the multiple physical network infrastructure components.