Patent ID: 8949381
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a network management server device comprising at least one processor, a first instruction to set a first service endpoint; receiving, by the network management server device, a second instruction to set a second service endpoint; receiving, by the network management server device, a third instruction to set a connection between the first service endpoint and the second service endpoint; transferring, by the network management server device, the first instruction, the second instruction, and the third instruction to one or more network element devices associated with the connection between the first service endpoint and the second service endpoint; setting, by the network management server device, the connection between the first service endpoint and the second service endpoint; in response to determining that the first service endpoint and the second service endpoint reside on a same network element device of the one or more network element devices: in response to determining that the first service endpoint and the second service endpoint respectively reside on a first network element device and a second network element device of the one or more network element devices, wherein the first network element device and the second network element device are different: