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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marco Di Benedetto, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Pierluigi Rolando, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Vincent Flynn, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0853 (2013.01);
Abstract
Creating virtual links is disclosed, including: determining a first network appliance to configure to communicate with a second network appliance using a virtual link, wherein the virtual link comprises a layer three overlay point-to-point data link; and determining the second network appliance to configure to communicate with the first network appliance using the virtual link.