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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2012
Applicants:
Suraj Nellikar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Maithili Narasimha, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anuraag Mittal, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Suraj Nellikar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Maithili Narasimha, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anuraag Mittal, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying at a network device, characteristics of a distributed virtual switch comprising a control plane component and a plurality of data plane components, grouping the data plane components, and adapting operation of the distributed virtual switch for one or more groups of the data plane components based on the characteristics. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.