Patent ID: 8331362
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, during a time period and at an access switch that operatively couples a host device to a switch fabric, a migration notification including a device identifier associated with a virtual resource scheduled to migrate, after the time period, to the host device coupled to the access switch; determining, during the time period and at the access switch, a configuration template identifier based on the device identifier; selecting, during the time period and at the access switch, a configuration template from a library of configuration templates based on the configuration template identifier, the configuration template storing provisioning instructions associated with a plurality of virtual resources including the virtual resource, the virtual resource being of a first type, the plurality of virtual resources including a virtual resource of a second type different from the first type; and automatically provisioning, during the time period, a virtual switch module at the host device based on the provisioning instructions.