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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2012
Applicants:
Ankur Goyal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Samar Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Manuwela Kanade, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ankur Goyal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Samar Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Manuwela Kanade, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 49/65 (2013.01); H04L 12/2859 (2013.01); Y02B 60/43 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a virtual device context (vDC) domain may be advertised to other network devices. If at least a partition of each device is determined to belong to the same vDC domain, the network interface communicating with the at least one device may be activated.