Multi vendor device support in network management systems
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a network management device, service configuration information for a particular network service, the service configuration information including a mapping from a service model for the particular network service to a vendor neutral model;
determining, by the network management device and based on the mapping from the service model to the vendor neutral model, a subset of the plurality of nodes included in the vendor neutral model as a set of source nodes;
for each node in the set of source nodes, generating, by the network management device and based on a target device specific model for a target network device, a mapping of nodes of the vendor neutral model to nodes of the target device specific model, the mapping to include at least one source node and an associated target node, wherein the target device does not currently support the particular network service; and
configuring, by the network management device and using the mapping, the target network device to support the particular network service.
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Abstract
In one example, a network management system (NMS) is configured to enable a target network device to support a particular network service based on service configuration information for the particular network service. The service configuration information may include information about nodes in a vendor neutral model that need to be added or modified in order to support the particular network service. The NMS determines similarity scores between nodes in a vendor neutral model and nodes in a target device specific model. Based on the similarity scores, the NMS generates a mapping from the vendor neutral model to the target device specific model. Using the mapping, the NMS may configure a target device to support the particular service.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a network management device, service configuration information for a particular network service, the service configuration information including a mapping from a service model for the particular network service to a vendor neutral model; determining, by the network management device and based on the mapping from the service model to the vendor neutral model, a subset of the plurality of nodes included in the vendor neutral model as a set of source nodes; for each node in the set of source nodes, generating, by the network management device and based on a target device specific model for a target network device, a mapping of nodes of the vendor neutral model to nodes of the target device specific model, the mapping to include at least one source node and an associated target node, wherein the target device does not currently support the particular network service; and configuring, by the network management device and using the mapping, the target network device to support the particular network service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network management system comprising:
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an interface configured to receive service configuration information for a particular network service and a target device specific configuration file, the service configuration information including a mapping from a service model for the particular network service to a vendor neutral model; one or more network interfaces communicatively coupled to a plurality of network devices, wherein the target network device is one of the plurality of network devices; and one or more hardware-based processors, implemented using discrete logic circuitry, configured to; determine, based on the mapping from the service model to the vendor neutral model, a subset of the plurality of nodes included in the vendor neutral model as a set of source nodes; for each node in the set of source nodes, generate, based on a target device specific model for a target network device, a mapping of nodes of the vendor neutral model to nodes of the target device specific model, the mapping to include at least one source node and an associated target node, wherein the target device does not currently support the particular network service; configure, using the mapping, the target network device to support the particular network service. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor of a network management system to:
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receive service configuration information for a particular network service, the service configuration information including a mapping from a service model for the particular network service to a vendor neutral model; determine, based on the mapping from the service model to the vendor neutral model, a subset of the plurality of nodes included in the vendor neutral model as a set of source nodes; for each node in the set of source nodes, generate, based on a target device specific model for a target network device, a mapping of nodes of the vendor neutral model to nodes of the target device specific model, the mapping to include at least one source node and an associated target node, wherein the target device does not currently support the particular network service; and configure, using the mapping, the target network device to support the particular network service.
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