Cloud computing architecture for managing hardware resources on network elements
US9798552B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 15, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45575
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network element (NE) comprising a receiver configured to couple to a cloud network; and a multi-core central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the receiver and configured to receive a first partition configuration from an orchestration element, partition a plurality of processor cores into a plurality of processor core partitions according to the first partition configuration, and initiate a plurality of virtual basic input/output systems (vBIOSs) such that each vBIOS manages a processor core partition.
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