System and method of configuring network infrastructure using functional building blocks

Abstract

A method of, and system for, configuring a network infrastructure, which includes representing the network infrastructure as a composition of a predetermined number of functional building blocks, configuring a network blue print based on the predetermined number of functional building blocks, and mapping the predetermined number of functional building blocks onto available physical resources of the network infrastructure, such that network configuration can be automated for a wide set of services representing network configuration as a functional composition of elemental blocks.

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to a system and method for configuring a network infrastructure using functional building blocks. Exemplary aspects of the invention provide, inter alia, a functional approach to network configuration such that network configuration can be automated for a wider set of services by representing the network configuration as a functional composition of basic blocks. Background technique [0002] Providing network connectivity requires configuring several different devices - depending on the scheme, the complexity can vary from configuring one network access card to thousands of different network devices. Thus, providing network connectivity can be a challenge. [0003] For example, configuration may be required on numerous network devices such as firewalls, routers, switches, load balancers, etc. Different vendors may have different implementations. In addition, conflicting configurations across connections are po...

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However, a problem with such conventional approaches is that they are generally not scalable because, for example, there is a one-to-one mapping between physical to virtual devices, which makes configuration options very limited without increasing the number of virtual devices

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