US 12,093,746 B2
Technologies for hierarchical clustering of hardware resources in network function virtualization deployments
Andrey Chilikin, Limerick (IE); and Sugesh Chandran, Mallow (IE)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/195,314.
Application 18/195,314 is a continuation of application No. 16/131,008, filed on Sep. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,681,565.
Prior Publication US 2023/0359510 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/5077 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compute node comprising:
circuitry to automatically and without user intervention:
create a network function profile that includes a plurality of virtual network functions to be deployed on the compute node;
store the network function profile;
translate the network function profile into a plurality of hardware profiles, each of the plurality of hardware profiles corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of hardware resources included in a plurality of interconnected hardware resources that reside on the compute node, wherein the plurality of hardware profiles are usable to identify which of the plurality of virtual network functions are to be supported by respective one or more hardware resources from among the plurality of hardware resources;
store the plurality of hardware profiles; and
cause the plurality of virtual network functions to be deployed to the plurality of hardware resources based on the stored hardware profiles.