Patent ID: 11870755
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of network segments comprise at least one of a plurality of network objects sharing route attributes, a plurality of network objects sharing packet header attributes, a plurality of network objects sharing packet payload attributes, a plurality of network objects sharing identity information, a plurality of Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), a plurality of Virtual Network Identifiers (VNIDs), a plurality of Virtual Routing and Forwarding instances (VRFs), a plurality of Endpoint Groups (EPGs), or a plurality of network objects sharing a location or network site identifier; the zone definition information comprises information mapping at least one of the plurality of network objects sharing route attributes, the plurality of network objects sharing packet header attributes, the plurality of network objects sharing packet payload attributes, the plurality of network objects sharing identify information, the plurality of VLANs, the plurality of VNIDs, the plurality of VRFs, the plurality of EPGs, or the plurality of network objects sharing location or network site identifier information into the one or more zones; and each zone is unbinded to interfaces of the plurality of edge network devices.