US 11,683,375 B2
Dynamic storage sharing across network devices
Santosh Ramrao Patil, Milpitas, CA (US); Ravindra Narayan, Fremont, CA (US); and Sanalkumar Thekkanath, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,282.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/239,000, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0064613 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/06 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); H04L 47/78 (2022.01); H04L 47/762 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1097 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/762 (2013.01); H04L 47/781 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for dynamic network device storage allocation, the method comprising:
receiving, at a software-defined networking (SDN) controller associated with a network and from a first plug and play (PnP) agent of a first network device in the network, first availability data indicating a participation status in storage sharing for a category of data and a first amount of storage suggested by the PnP agent for the category on the first network device;
receiving, at the SDN controller and from a second PnP agent of a second network device in the network, second availability data indicating a participation status in storage sharing for the category of data and a second amount of storage suggested by the PnP agent for the category on the second network device;
determining, using at least the first availability data and the second availability data, network devices in the network having available storage space; and
providing the first network device with an indication of the network devices via the first PnP agent, the indication comprising locations of the network devices, file transfer protocols of the network devices, access credentials, and available storage for the category.