Patent ID: 8699499
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a selection of a cloud networking template from a client, wherein the cloud networking template includes a data center connector type and a wide area network connector type; receiving client data to provision a virtual machine for the client; configuring the virtual machine on a host server based on the client data; configuring a data center connector based on the data center connector type included in the cloud networking template; configuring a wide area network connector based on the wide area network connector type included in the cloud networking template; coupling the wide area network connector to the data center connector; coupling the data center connector to the virtual machine within the host server to enable the client to access the virtual machine; configuring a further virtual machine on a further host server operating at a different location than the host server; configuring a further wide area network connector coupled to a further data center connector; coupling the further data center connector to the further virtual machine; and coupling the virtual machine to the further virtual machine via a bridge domain network object that couples the wide area network connector to the further wide area network connector.