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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2022
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Cesar Obediente, Apex, NC (US);
Craig Thomas Hill, Sterling, VA (US);
Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Morrisville, NC (US);
David John Zacks, Vancouver, CA;
Jaganbabu Rajamanickam, Kanata, CA;
Madhan Sankaranarayanan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method comprises: at a network device configured to be connected to a network and having control and data planes, and interfaces configured for network operations in the network: upon receiving, from a controller, instructions to form a local twin of the network device that is a virtual replica of the network device to be used for test purposes, creating the local twin and configuring the local twin to include virtual control and data planes, and virtual interfaces, which are virtual replicas of, and operate independently from, the control and data planes, and the interfaces, of the network device, respectively; and hosting the local twin on physical resources of the network device such that the local twin is configured for virtual network operations on the network device that replicate, but are independent from, the network operations.