Patent ID: 9392079
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06N,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a switch in data communication with a plurality of endpoint virtual machines and a management station, a network address of the management station; registering the switch with the management station; receiving, by the switch from the management station, a plurality of networking control system addresses respectively corresponding to a plurality of networking control systems that includes a first networking control system and a second networking control system; in response to a first endpoint virtual machine of the plurality of endpoint virtual machines becoming operative, registering, at the switch, the first endpoint virtual machine with the management station; sending, by the switch to the first networking control system, first tenant information identifying a first tenant using the first endpoint virtual machine; on condition that the first networking control system is not handling the first tenant, receiving, by the switch an acknowledgement, with the acknowledgement indicating that the second networking control system learns the mapping between the switch and the first tenant and carries out replication from the first networking control system; and learning, by the switch and based on the acknowledgement, that the second networking control system is to be used for providing networking control services to the first tenant.