Methods and apparatus for virtualizing switch control plane engine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9509637
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14621878

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In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a scheduler disposed at a control device of a switch fabric system. The scheduler is configured to receive a control plane request associated with the switch fabric system having a data plane and a control plane separate from the data plane. The scheduler is configured to designate a control plane entity based on the control plane request and state information of each control plane entity from a set of control plane entities associated with the control plane and instantiated as a virtual machine. The scheduler is configured to send a signal to a compute device of the switch fabric system in response to the control plane request such that the control plane entity is instantiated as a virtual machine at the compute device.

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  • JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Frailong, Jean-Marc Los Altos Hills, US 113 4502
O'Gorman, Michael San Carlos, US 8 24
Ratkovic, Aleksandar Palo Alto, US 3 9
Shekhar, Ravi Sunnyvale, US 86 915
Sreenivasamurthy, Shesha Fremont, US 6 19
Vohra, Quaizar Cupertino, US 43 1658

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