- Patent Title: Network service integration into a network fabric of a data center
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Application No.: US16695734Application Date: 2019-11-26
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Publication No.: US11431654B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: Jason Anthony Lochhead , Manikandan Subramanian , David Hess , Michael Andra Ballard , Adam Scott Wayne
- Applicant: Cyxtera Data Centers, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Coral Gables
- Assignee: Cyxtera Data Centers, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cyxtera Data Centers, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Coral Gables
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L49/354 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L41/5009 ; H04L49/20 ; G06F3/04842 ; H04L43/0817 ; H04L12/54

Abstract:
Top-of-rack (TOR) switches are connected to a network fabric of a data center. Each TOR switch corresponds to a rack of the data center, and is configured to provide access to the network fabric for computing devices mounted in the rack. In one method, a client device of a user is used to select various network service options. The service options correspond to services that can be provided to computing equipment of the user that is mounted in various racks of the data center. In response to receiving the selection of one or more service options, the network fabric of the data center is configured to connect the computing equipment to the selected services. In one approach, the network fabric is configured by creating and/or configuring one or more virtual networks to provide the connection to the services.
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