Rapid network deployment
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1. A method for automating network deployment processes using a web-centric automation toolset for one or more users, each user having one or more customers, the method comprising:
- administering one or more projects of each customer by collecting and presenting information of each project, each project involving deploying at least one network device at one site;
providing site configuration information for each project by collecting and presenting site planning information and site deployment information for each site; and
configuring each network device for each site based on the collected site planning information and site deployment information, wherein the above steps are performed with the assistance of the web-centric automation toolset stored in a central location, and wherein one or more configuration files are generated and further transferred for use on the network devices.
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A method and system is disclosed for automating network deployment processes using a web-centric automation toolset for one or more users. Each user has one or more customers. The toolset helps to administer one or more projects of each customer, create a site configuration for each managed project installing one ore more network devices, and complete configuration of the network devices for the managed project, wherein one or more configuration files are created by the above steps and transferred for use on the network devices.
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1. A method for automating network deployment processes using a web-centric automation toolset for one or more users, each user having one or more customers, the method comprising:
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administering one or more projects of each customer by collecting and presenting information of each project, each project involving deploying at least one network device at one site;
providing site configuration information for each project by collecting and presenting site planning information and site deployment information for each site; and
configuring each network device for each site based on the collected site planning information and site deployment information, wherein the above steps are performed with the assistance of the web-centric automation toolset stored in a central location, and wherein one or more configuration files are generated and further transferred for use on the network devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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13. A method for automating router deployment processes using a web-centric automation toolset for one or more users, each user having one or more customers and each customer having one or more projects, the method comprising:
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providing a site configuration information for each project of a customer by collecting and presenting site planning information and site deployment information for installing at least one router at a selected site;
configuring automatically the router installed at the selected site based on the collected site planning information and deployment information; and
generating a router configuration file to be used on the router.
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