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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2005
Earl Hardin Booth, Iii, Raleigh, NC (US);
William Mark Townsley, Nashville, TN (US);
Greg Weber, Knoxville, TN (US);
Wei Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Earl Hardin Booth, III, Raleigh, NC (US);
William Mark Townsley, Nashville, TN (US);
Greg Weber, Knoxville, TN (US);
Wei Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for configuring a particular network interface on a particular node at an edge of a provider network to support a particular virtual private network include receiving customer input data. The provider network is a packet-switched network and the particular virtual private network is a link layer virtual private network. The customer input data indicates a topology for customer equipment devices outside the provider network on the particular virtual private network, and may include properties for corresponding interfaces that connect the customer equipment devices to the edge nodes. Based on the customer input data, configuration data is determined for configuring the particular interface at the particular node. The particular node is caused to configure the particular interface based on the configuration data without human intervention. Among other effects, these techniques support zero-touch provisioning of virtual private networks.