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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2011
Gary B. Mahaffey, Gilroy, CA (US);
Jayaraman R. Iyer, San Jose, CA (US);
Michel Khouderchah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kent K. Leung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert A. Mackie, Cary, NC (US);
Timothy P. Stammers, Raleigh, NC (US);
Hy Quoc Pham, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary B. Mahaffey, Gilroy, CA (US);
Jayaraman R. Iyer, San Jose, CA (US);
Michel Khouderchah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kent K. Leung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert A. Mackie, Cary, NC (US);
Timothy P. Stammers, Raleigh, NC (US);
Hy Quoc Pham, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes communicating a message to a remote data plane element in order to request a data plane resource for hosting a session. The method also includes receiving a response at a network element acknowledging the message. Data plane traffic is managed at the remote data plane element based on enforcement rules. The enforcement rules are provisioned in a table element at the remote data plane element, and the table element reflects a portion of a master table element included in the network element.