Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Port verification for customer interconnection in a data center
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Application No.: US16688820Application Date: 2019-11-19
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Publication No.: US11245573B1Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Theodore James Wagner , Brooke James Mouland
- Applicant: Equinix, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Equinix, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Equinix, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
In general, techniques are described for dynamic port configuration with an interconnection system (IS) to streamline a process for port ordering and reduce port configuration and interconnection services provisioning times. In one example, an IS includes at least one interconnection facility and a programmable network platform (PNP), the at least one interconnection facility including: a network switch fabric having at least one network device and ports; and a customer cage for a customer of an IS provider for the IS, wherein the PNP is configured to, in response to a port verification request initiated by the customer to verify a port of the ports that is cross-connected to a customer network in the customer cage to provide connectivity with the network switch fabric: obtain an indication of a port configuration for the port; and output the indication of the port configuration for the port for display to the customer.
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