Muhammad F Tariq

US Patent:

20210243138, Aug 5, 2021

Filed:

Apr 21, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/236768

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Zengbin Zhang - Seattle WA, US
Amin Vahdat - Los Altos CA, US
Vinay Kumar Bannai - Sunnyvale CA, US
Alexander Jinhon Lin - San Jose CA, US
Anvesh Komuravelli - Santa Clara CA, US
Steven Gribble - Mountain View CA, US
Andrew DeBock Ferguson - New York NY, US
Muhammad Mukarram Tariq - San Jose CA, US
Joon Ong - Cupertino CA, US
Alvaro Martinez Echevarria - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/933
H04L 12/947
H04L 12/24
H04L 12/775

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus, for automatically changing a network system. A method includes receiving a set of first intents that describe a state of a first switch fabric; receiving a set of second intents that describe a state of a second switch fabric; computing a set of network operations to perform on the first switch fabric to achieve the second switch fabric, the set of operations also defining an order in which the operations are to be executed, and the set of operations determined based on the set of first intents, the set of second intents, and migration logic that defines a ruleset for selecting the operations based on the set of first intents and the second intents; and executing the set of network operations according to the order, to apply changes to elements within the first switch fabric to achieve the state of the second switch fabric.

US Patent:

20190173805, Jun 6, 2019

Filed:

Feb 1, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/265754

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Zengbin Zhang - Seattle WA, US
Amin Vahdat - Los Altos CA, US
Vinay Kumar Bannai - Sunnyvale CA, US
Alexander Jinhon Lin - San Jose CA, US
Anvesh Komuravelli - Santa Clara CA, US
Steven Gribble - Mountain View CA, US
Andrew DeBock Ferguson - New York NY, US
Muhammad Mukarram Tariq - San Jose CA, US
Joon Ong - Cupertino CA, US
Alvaro Martinez Echevarria - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/933
H04L 12/947
H04L 12/775
H04L 12/24

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus, for automatically changing a network system. A method includes receiving a set of first intents that describe a state of a first switch fabric; receiving a set of second intents that describe a state of a second switch fabric; computing a set of network operations to perform on the first switch fabric to achieve the second switch fabric, the set of operations also defining an order in which the operations are to be executed, and the set of operations determined based on the set of first intents, the set of second intents, and migration logic that defines a ruleset for selecting the operations based on the set of first intents and the second intents; and executing the set of network operations according to the order, to apply changes to elements within the first switch fabric to achieve the state of the second switch fabric.