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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Applicant:
Varagur Chandrasekaran, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Varagur Chandrasekaran, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a network device, resource information comprising attributes for compute and storage resources in a network, identifying a need for provisioning a virtual element, and selecting one of the compute and storage resources for use in provisioning the virtual element. Selection of the compute or storage resource includes analyzing the resource information for the compute resources and the storage resources in the network. An apparatus is also disclosed.