CPC H04L 45/745 (2013.01) [H04L 41/5041 (2013.01); H04L 43/18 (2013.01); H04L 45/021 (2013.01); H04L 45/56 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01); H04L 49/355 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system comprising:
a management tool configured on a management device in communication with a network having one or more network switches, the management tool configured to:
receive, from an interface to a server, identification of one or more network services available to be deployed on the one or more network switches;
provide for display one or more user interfaces to enable selection of a network service from the one or more network services to be deployed to a selection of a network switch from the one or more network switches;
responsive to receiving the selection of the network service to deployed to the selected network switch, obtain a copy of a virtual machine corresponding to the network service and provide the copy of the virtual machine via the network for installation on the selected network switch; and
wherein upon installation and execution of the copy of the virtual machine, the network switch is configured to process packets according to the network service provided by the virtual machine.
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