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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yichen Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Ian Wells, San Jose, CA (US);
Vasudevan Mahalingam, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/586 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network management method includes a controller receiving an underlay network identifier and a network segment identifier. The underlay network identifier and network segment identifier can be associated with entries in a forwarding information base and border gateway protocol speakers may be deployed in association with the entries. A virtual network can be associated with the underlay network and network traffic can be forwarded to the virtual network according to the entries.