Patents by Inventor Weifan Fu

Weifan Fu 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).

  • Systems and methods for integrating network switch management with computing resource management
    Patent number: 11582102
    Abstract: A networking system may include a switch coupled to a computing resource. A resource management system may control the computing resource. A controller may be coupled to the switch. The controller may include a resource management interface that is coupled to the resource management system via a communications link. The resource management interface may receive computing resource information for the computing resource via the communications link. The controller may provide control data to the switch to update a cloud network for the computing resource based on the received computing resource information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Shengda Wang, Jialiu Wang, Richard Forster, Weifan Fu, Prashant Gandhi, Kanzhe Jiang, Sudeep Modi, Shunjia Yu
  • Systems and methods for forming on-premise virtual private cloud resources
    Patent number: 11463356
    Abstract: A packet forwarding network may include spine and leaf switches that forward network traffic between end hosts. The packet forwarding network may be implemented on multiple network racks in a rack-based system. A controller may control the underlying spine and leaf switches to form on-premise virtual private cloud (VPC) resources. In particular, the controller may form enterprise VPC (EVPC) tenants, each having a virtual router that performs routing between different segments within the corresponding EVPC tenant. The different segments may separately include web, application, and database servers, as end hosts. The controller may form a system VPC tenant having a virtual system router that performs routing between different EVPC tenants. A segment in an internal VPC tenant formed by the controller and/or an external VPC tenant formed by the controller may provide external network access for one or more of the EVPC tenants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Forster, Kanzhe Jiang, Sudeep Modi, Shunjia Yu, Onkar Bhat, Ganesh Kasinathan, Zhao Dong, Weifan Fu, Jialiu Wang, Saadet Savas, Alan Hase, Alok Gupta, Prashant Gandhi, Chi Chong, Jai Prakash Shukla
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING NETWORK SWITCH MANAGEMENT WITH COMPUTING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210111946
    Abstract: A networking system may include a switch coupled to a computing resource. A resource management system may control the computing resource. A controller may be coupled to the switch. The controller may include a resource management interface that is coupled to the resource management system via a communications link. The resource management interface may receive computing resource information for the computing resource via the communications link. The controller may provide control data to the switch to update a cloud network for the computing resource based on the received computing resource information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Shengda Wang, Jialiu Wang, Richard Forster, Weifan Fu, Prashant Gandhi, Kanzhe Jiang, Sudeep Modi, Shunjia Yu
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING ON-PREMISE VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20210112000
    Abstract: A packet forwarding network may include spine and leaf switches that forward network traffic between end hosts. The packet forwarding network may be implemented on multiple network racks in a rack-based system. A controller may control the underlying spine and leaf switches to form on-premise virtual private cloud (VPC) resources. In particular, the controller may form enterprise VPC (EVPC) tenants, each having a virtual router that performs routing between different segments within the corresponding EVPC tenant. The different segments may separately include web, application, and database servers, as end hosts. The controller may form a system VPC tenant having a virtual system router that performs routing between different EVPC tenants. A segment in an internal VPC tenant formed by the controller and/or an external VPC tenant formed by the controller may provide external network access for one or more of the EVPC tenants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Forster, Kanzhe Jiang, Sudeep Modi, Shunjia Yu, Onkar Bhat, Ganesh Kasinathan, Zhao Dong, Weifan Fu, Jialiu Wang, Saadet Savas, Alan Hase, Alok Gupta, Prashant Gandhi, Chi Chong, Jai Prakash Shukla