Patents by Inventor Udayakumar Srinivasan
Udayakumar Srinivasan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20180246715Abstract: A method and apparatus of a network element that hitlessly upgrades a network element operating system of a network element is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element receives a second image for the network element operating system, where a first image of the network element operating system is executing as a first set of processes in a first container and the first set of processes manages the plurality of hardware tables for the network element. The network element further instantiates a second container for the second image. In addition, the network element starts a second set of processes using at least the second image in the second container. The network element additionally synchronizes state data between the first set of processes and the second set of processes. Furthermore, the network element sets the second set of processes as managing the plurality of hardware tables, and stops the first set of processes within the first container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Sudip Regmi, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Kenneth James Duda, Anirban Sinha
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Publication number: 20180241823Abstract: A method and apparatus of a network element that dynamically establishes a first virtual private network (VPN) tunnel is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element detects data destined for a first private subnet. In response to the detecting, the network element determines that a next hop for the data does not have an established VPN tunnel that allows access to the first private subnet. The network element further establishes the VPN tunnel and sends the data using the VPN tunnel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Anoop Dawani, James Michael Murphy, Udayakumar Srinivasan
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Patent number: 9600332Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing availability information of a virtual machine to a load balancer are disclosed. The availability information of the virtual machine may be normalized information from performance metrics of the virtual machine and performance metrics of the physical machine on which the virtual machine operates. The normalized availability of a virtual machine is provided by a feedback agent executing on the virtual machine. Alternatively, the normalized availability of a virtual machine is provided by a feedback agent executing on a hypervisor executing multiple virtual machines on a common set of physical computing hardware.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2009Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Alpesh S. Patel, Chris O'Rourke, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Mark Albert
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Patent number: 9338099Abstract: At a network element having a plurality of physical links configured to communicate traffic over a network to or from the network element, an uplink group is formed comprising the plurality of physical links, wherein the plurality of physical links comprise a first physical link and a second physical link. A plurality of classes of service are defined comprising a first class of service and a second class of service, wherein the first class of service and second class of service have bandwidth allocations on the first physical link. Traffic congestion is detected on the first physical link that exceeds a predetermined threshold for the first class of service. Traffic associated with one or more virtual machines associated with the first class of service on the first physical link is re-associated to the second physical link until the traffic congestion falls below the predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Nadathur Srinivasan Sundar, Timothy J. Kuik, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Behzad R. Dastur
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Patent number: 9122507Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes detecting a migration of a virtual machine from an origination host to a destination host and comparing a first root bridge to a second root bridge to verify data link layer continuity of the virtual network on the destination host. The virtual machine is connected to a virtual network, the first root bridge is associated with the virtual network on the origination host and the second root bridge is associated with the virtual network on the destination host. The method may further include blocking the migration if the first root bridge and the second root bridge are not the same.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Udayakumar Srinivasan, Anuraag Mittal, Sudarshana Kandachar Sridhara Rao, Suraj Nellikar
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Patent number: 8948054Abstract: An example method is provided and may include multicasting a discovery packet in an overlay network, which includes a Layer 2 scheme over a Layer 3 network; and identifying endpoints based on their respective responses to the discovery packet, where the endpoints are coupled across a multicast backbone. In more specific embodiments, the method may include identifying disconnected endpoints in the overlay network based on a lack of responses from the disconnected endpoints.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Kreeger, Suraj Nellikar, Sudarshana Kandachar Sridhara Rao, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Anuraag Mittal, Lilian Sylvia Fernandes
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Patent number: 8868675Abstract: In one example embodiment, an apparatus may include a first virtual machine provided on a first local device of a plurality of local devices, wherein a portion of resources of the first local device are allocated to the first virtual machine. A virtualization software switch may be provided on the first local device, configured to forward or redirect at least some traffic from the first local device to a WAN (Wide Area Network) optimization virtual appliance, the WAN optimization virtual appliance including at least the first virtual machine, a second virtual machine on a second local device of the plurality of local devices, and a distributed WAN optimization application running at least on the first and second virtual machines.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Udayakumar Srinivasan
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Patent number: 8705366Abstract: Flows of packets are dynamically mapped to resource queues. Flows of packets are received at a network device to be routed from the network device in a network. Each flow comprises packets to be sent from a source to a connection. Data is stored for a queue allocation table that maintains a plurality of buckets to which received packets for a flow are assigned and indicating which of a plurality of resource queues are allocated for respective buckets. For each packet in a flow, a hash function is computed from values in a header of the packet and the packet is assigned to one of the plurality of buckets based on the computed hash function. One of a plurality of resource queues is allocated for each bucket to which packets are assigned based on the computed hash function.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Joji Thomas Mekkattuparamban, Narender Enduri, Udayakumar Srinivasan
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Publication number: 20140092744Abstract: At a network element having a plurality of physical links configured to communicate traffic over a network to or from the network element, an uplink group is formed comprising the plurality of physical links, wherein the plurality of physical links comprise a first physical link and a second physical link A plurality of classes of service are defined comprising a first class of service and a second class of service, wherein the first class of service and second class of service have bandwidth allocations on the first physical link. Traffic congestion is detected on the first physical link that exceeds a predetermined threshold for the first class of service. Traffic associated with one or more virtual machines associated with the first class of service on the first physical link is re-associated to the second physical link until the traffic congestion falls below the predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Nadathur Srinivasan Sundar, Timothy J. Kuik, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Behzad R. Dastur
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Patent number: 8630173Abstract: Techniques are provided for improve quality of service on uplinks in a virtualized environment. At a server apparatus having a plurality of physical links configured to communicate traffic over a network to or from the server apparatus, forming an uplink group comprising a plurality of physical links. A first class of service is defined that allocates a first share of available bandwidth on the uplink group, and a second class of service is defined that allocates a second share of available bandwidth on the uplink group. The bandwidth for the first class of service is allocated across the plurality of physical links of the uplink group, and the bandwidth for the second class of service is allocated across the plurality of physical links of the uplink group. Traffic rates are monitored on each of the plurality of physical links to determine if a physical link is congested indicating that a bandwidth deficit exists for a class of service.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Nadathur Srinivasan Sundar, Timothy J. Kuik, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Behzad R. Dastur
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Patent number: 8599854Abstract: Techniques are described for identifying destinations in a virtual network by defining virtual entities such as a port profile as the destination for network policies, such as redirect or span to be a logical set of ports (i.e., ports belonging to a port-profile or a port group) where the members of the set of ports may be added/removed dynamically without requiring any changes to the network policy. Further, a network administrator (or other user) may predefine the destinations for a network policy even before some or all of the destinations are active on a given virtualized system. In such cases, the network policies may go into effect when the required entities become available.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Udayakumar Srinivasan, Srinivas Sardar, Joseph Michaelsamy Swaminathan, Ashwin Deepak Swaminathan
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Publication number: 20130219384Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes detecting a migration of a virtual machine from an origination host to a destination host and comparing a first root bridge to a second root bridge to verify data link layer continuity of the virtual network on the destination host. The virtual machine is connected to a virtual network, the first root bridge is associated with the virtual network on the origination host and the second root bridge is associated with the virtual network on the destination host. The method may further include blocking the migration if the first root bridge and the second root bridge are not the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Inventors: Udayakumar Srinivasan, Anuraag Mittal, Sudarshana Kandachar Sridhara Rao, Suraj Nellikar
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Publication number: 20130188494Abstract: Flows of packets are dynamically mapped to resource queues. Flows of packets are received at a network device to be routed from the network device in a network. Each flow comprises packets to be sent from a source to a connection. Data is stored for a queue allocation table that maintains a plurality of buckets to which received packets for a flow are assigned and indicating which of a plurality of resource queues are allocated for respective buckets. For each packet in a flow, a hash function is computed from values in a header of the packet and the packet is assigned to one of the plurality of buckets based on the computed hash function. One of a plurality of resource queues is allocated for each bucket to which packets are assigned based on the computed hash function.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Joji Thomas Mekkattuparamban, Narender Enduri, Udayakumar Srinivasan
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Publication number: 20130170490Abstract: An example method is provided and may include multicasting a discovery packet in an overlay network, which includes a Layer 2 scheme over a Layer 3 network; and identifying endpoints based on their respective responses to the discovery packet, where the endpoints are coupled across a multicast backbone. In more specific embodiments, the method may include identifying disconnected endpoints in the overlay network based on a lack of responses from the disconnected endpoints.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Inventors: Lawrence Kreeger, Suraj Nellikar, Sudarshana Kandachar Sridhara Rao, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Anuraag Mittal, Lilian Sylvia Fernandes
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Patent number: 8442041Abstract: In one embodiment, ports of a network device are assigned to virtual service domains (VSDs). The ports are coupled to a virtual Ethernet module (VEM) of the network device. Each VSD is associated with one or more virtual service engines (VSEs) in a particular order. Each VSE is configured to apply a particular service to traffic traversing the VSE. Traffic received at a virtual Ethernet module (VEM) of the network device that is destined for a particular VSD, and is received on a port that has not been assigned to the particular VSD, is forwarded to the particular VSD via the one or more VSEs associated with the particular VSD such that the traffic traverses the one or more VSEs in the particular order.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Srinivas Sardar, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Shankar Ramachandran, Chidambareswaran Raman, Ajit Sanzgiri, Michael R. Smith
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Publication number: 20120294316Abstract: In one embodiment, ports of a network device are assigned to virtual service domains (VSDs). The ports are coupled to a virtual Ethernet module (VEM) of the network device. Each VSD is associated with one or more virtual service engines (VSEs) in a particular order. Each VSE is configured to apply a particular service to traffic traversing the VSE. Traffic received at a virtual Ethernet module (VEM) of the network device that is destined for a particular VSD, and is received on a port that has not been assigned to the particular VSD, is forwarded to the particular VSD via the one or more VSEs associated with the particular VSD such that the traffic traverses the one or more VSEs in the particular order.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Srinivas Sardar, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Shankar Ramachandran, Chidambareswaran Raman, Ajit Sanzgiri, Michael R. Smith
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Patent number: 8274973Abstract: In one embodiment, layer-2 (L2) ports of a network device may each be assigned to a particular virtual service domain (VSD). One or more virtual service engines (VSEs) may also be assigned in a particular order to each VSD, where each VSE is configured to apply a particular service to traffic traversing the VSE between ingress and egress service ports. Interconnecting the L2 ports and the ingress and egress service ports is an illustrative virtual Ethernet module (VEM), which directs traffic it receives according to rules as follows: a) into a destination VSD via the one or more correspondingly assigned VSEs in the particular order; b) out of a current VSD via the one or more correspondingly assigned VSEs in a reverse order from the particular order; or c) within a current VSD without redirection through a VSE.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Srinivas Sardar, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Shankar Ramachandran, Chidambareswaran Raman, Ajit Sanzgiri, Michael R. Smith
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Publication number: 20120127857Abstract: Techniques are provided for improve quality of service on uplinks in a virtualized environment. At a server apparatus having a plurality of physical links configured to communicate traffic over a network to or from the server apparatus, forming an uplink group comprising a plurality of physical links. A first class of service is defined that allocates a first share of available bandwidth on the uplink group, and a second class of service is defined that allocates a second share of available bandwidth on the uplink group. The bandwidth for the first class of service is allocated across the plurality of physical links of the uplink group, and the bandwidth for the second class of service is allocated across the plurality of physical links of the uplink group. Traffic rates are monitored on each of the plurality of physical links to determine if a physical link is congested indicating that a bandwidth deficit exists for a class of service.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Nadathur Srinivasan Sundar, Timothy J. Kuik, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Behzad R. Dastur
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Publication number: 20110255538Abstract: Techniques are described for identifying destinations in a virtual network by defining virtual entities such as a port profile as the destination for network policies, such as redirect or span to be a logical set of ports (i.e., ports belonging to a port-profile or a port group) where the members of the set of ports may be added/removed dynamically without requiring any changes to the network policy. Further, a network administrator (or other user) may predefine the destinations for a network policy even before some or all of the destinations are active on a given virtualized system. In such cases, the network policies may go into effect when the required entities become available.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventors: UDAYAKUMAR SRINIVASAN, Srinivas Sardar, Joseph Michaelsamy Swaminathan, Ashwin Deepak Swaminathan
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Publication number: 20110235645Abstract: In one embodiment, layer-2 (L2) ports of a network device may each be assigned to a particular virtual service domain (VSD). One or more virtual service engines (VSEs) may also be assigned in a particular order to each VSD, where each VSE is configured to apply a particular service to traffic traversing the VSE between ingress and egress service ports. Interconnecting the L2 ports and the ingress and egress service ports is an illustrative virtual Ethernet module (VEM), which directs traffic it receives according to rules as follows: a) into a destination VSD via the one or more correspondingly assigned VSEs in the particular order; b) out of a current VSD via the one or more correspondingly assigned VSEs in a reverse order from the particular order; or c) within a current VSD without redirection through a VSE.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventors: Srinivas Sardar, Udayakumar Srinivasan, Shankar Ramachandran, Chidambareswaran Raman, Ajit Sanzgiri, Michael R. Smith