Dynamic per-link proxying of traffic between interconnects of devices in a fabric

Abstract

Devices, networks, systems, methods, and processes for dynamically proxying traffic between interconnects of devices in a fabric are described herein. A communication network may include multiple switches, including gateway switches and non-gateway switches. Each switch can run a proxy agent for each port of the switch and for each link on each port. The switch may proxy data traffic within the communication network by utilizing the proxy agent. A non-gateway switch can send a connection request to a gateway switch to connect to an external cloud controller. The gateway switch may proxy the connection request to the external cloud controller and receive a session cookie. The non-gateway switch can establish a logical connection with the external cloud controller based on the session cookie.

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