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Network device user interface

  • US 10,462,020 B2
  • Filed: 02/16/2017
  • Issued: 10/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a first interface to receive a request to generate a user interface screen for a selected network device;

    a memory to store configuration data of the selected network device;

    a processor to generate, using the configuration data of the selected network device, a first user interface screen showing a graphical representation of an internal configuration of the selected network device in each of at least three different abstraction layers from a plurality of different abstraction layers, one of the at least three different abstraction layers including a physical layer representing the internal configuration of the selected device, the physical layer showing a plurality of ports of the selected network device, wherein the graphical representation of the internal configuration includes connection lines between one or more ports of the plurality of ports and each of the different abstraction layers associated with the one or more ports, and the at least three different abstraction layers except for the physical layer are expandable and contractible based on user selection; and

    a second interface to send the first user interface screen for output to a display device.

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