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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2014
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Vrishabha Sikand, Lexington, MA (US);
Liqin Dong, San Jose, CA (US);
Sachin Vijay Vishwarupe, Santa Clara, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving from an orchestrator element for a new Virtual Routing and Forwarding element ('VRF') created in a communications network a name of the VRF and interconnect identification; selecting a border element for the VRF; and creating in a database a VRF entry for the selected border element, the entry identifying a configuration profile for the selected border element. The method further includes forwarding a VRF create notification to the selected border element; and providing the configuration profile from the corresponding entry to the selected border element in response to a query to the database from the selected border element. The selected border element applies the configuration profile automatically to configure the selected border element.