MANAGING SATELLITE DEVICES WITHIN A BRANCH NETWORK

• Main Authors: GOPINATH SUDHEENDRA, TALLAPRAGADA MALLIKARJUN, HARIHARASUBRAMANIAN S. C
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 09.10.2020
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for using an aggregation device to manage satellite devices that are coupled to host devices. For example, a system includes a set of satellite devices providing switching functionality and an aggregation device configured to communicate with an orchestrator of a wide area network (WAN), where the aggregation device serves as a masterswitch and is coupled to the set of satellite devices via a set of cascade ports. The aggregation device is configured to detect, using a port extension service virtual network function (VNF) executing on the aggregation device, each satellite device of the set of satellite devices coupled to the aggregation device and send, to the orchestrator, data indicating the satellite devices as respectivesub-systems within a logical switch comprising the aggregation device and the set of satellite devices. 本发明公开了管理分支网络内的卫星设备。本公开与设备、系统、及使用聚合设备管理耦接至主机设备的卫星设备的技术相关。例如，系统包括提供交换功能的一组卫星设备以及被配置为与广域网(WAN)的编排器通信的聚合设备，其中，聚合设备用作总交换机并且通过一组