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Patent No.:

US 9130836 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2013

Provisoning of a new node joining an existing cluster in a data center environment

Applicants:

Shyam Kapadia, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Padmanabhan Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Vipin Jain, San Jose, CA (US);

Srividya S. Vemulakonda, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shyam Kapadia, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Padmanabhan Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Vipin Jain, San Jose, CA (US);

Srividya S. Vemulakonda, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:

Patent Capital Group

Primary Examiner:

Farah Faroul

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); G06F 15/16 (2013.01); G06F 15/17 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes identifying for a new node added to a communications network a plurality of existing network nodes respectively connected to one of a plurality of ports of the new node and capable of implementing a particular routing protocol; selecting one of the identified existing network nodes to serve as a designated forwarder ('DF') for the new node; performing a power on auto provisioning ('PoAP') procedure in connection with the new node; and opening the ports of the new node to which the identified existing network nodes are connected.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kapadia, Shyam. (2015). Provisoning of a new node joining an existing cluster in a data center environment (U.S. Patent No. 9130836). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9130836

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