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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2021
Applicant:

Vmware Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Natalia Tupy Jensen, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Rushikesh Shashank Ghatpande, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sowmya Naidu Vundamati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Maheedhar Nallapareddy, Newark, CA (US);

Assignee:

VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/00 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 45/64 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/70 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure provides an approach for providing a software-defined networking recommendation. A method includes obtaining, by a network manager, existing network topology information for a set of one or more hosts. The method includes analyzing, by the network manager, the existing network topology information to identify usable network resources and to identify at least one virtual switch configuration common to the set of one or more hosts. The method includes generating, by the network manager, the software-defined networking recommendation based on one or more recommendation rules.


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