Forwarding policy configuration
US11086653B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of configuring a forwarding policy, a cloud management platform and an intelligent network management center are provided in the present disclosure. In an examples, the cloud management platform obtains a first mapping between a virtual machine and a network device, and transmits a first notification message to an intelligent network management center associated with the network device in a way that the intelligent network management center configures a forwarding policy associated with the virtual machine for the network device according to the first notification message, wherein the first notification message comprises virtual machine information of the virtual machine and network device information of the network device, and the forwarding policy instructs the network device to perform processing for a packet associated with the virtual machine.
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