Systems and methods for performing network service insertion

SA Naiksatam, K Jiang, GM Maier… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A controller implemented on computing equipment may be used to control switches in a
network. End hosts and service devices may be coupled to the switches in the network. The …

Redundent virtual link aggregation group

S Chikkamath, P Thayalan, M Raman - US Patent 10,476,698, 2019 - Google Patents
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a link
aggregation module and a link management module. The link aggregation module …

Overlay tunnel in a fabric switch

P Koganti - US Patent 9,154,416, 2015 - Google Patents
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The Switch includes a tunnel
management module, a packet processor, and a forwarding module. The tunnel …

Port profile management for virtual cluster switching

D Chatwani, S Vobbilisetty, P Koganti - US Patent 9,461,840, 2016 - Google Patents
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Layer-3 overlay gateways

MP Kancherla - US Patent 10,454,760, 2019 - Google Patents
One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing
system includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium for storing …

Security actuator for a dynamically programmable computer network

PA Porras, KM Skinner, SM Dawson - US Patent 9,571,523, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A network security policy may be implemented at network Switches as a set
of active packet disposition directives. In a dynamically programmable network, the network …

Fast reboot for a switch

VR Guntaka, S Vobbilisetty, MAG Gowda… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a packet
processor, a persistent storage module, and a boot-up management module. The packet …

Techniques for separating the processing of clients' traffic to different zones in software defined networks

Y Zisapel, A Chesla, N Shay, D Aviv… - US Patent 9,210,180, 2015 - Google Patents
A method and system for separation of traffic processing in a software defined network
(SDN). The method comprises allocating a first group of computing resources of a computing …

Global VLANs for fabric switches

S Vobbilisetty, P Koganti, CL Chong - US Patent 9,602,430, 2017 - Google Patents
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a virtual
local area network (VLAN) configuration module. During operation, the VLAN con figuration …

Techniques for traffic diversion in software defined networks for mitigating denial of service attacks

A Chesla, E Doron - US Patent 9,055,006, 2015 - Google Patents
A method for mitigating of denial of service (DoS) attacks in a software defined network
(SDN). The method comprises receiving a DoS attack indication performed against at least …