Script language based network device configuration management system and method
First Claim
1. A network device configuration management system comprising:
- at least one control terminal for an operator to enter one or more network device configurations;
at least one user interface module for generating a first set of command scripts written in a first predetermined general-purpose markup language in response to the entered network device configuration inputs; and
at least one management server for generating one or more network device configuration instructions from a second set of command scripts written in a second predetermined general-purpose markup language to configure one or more network devices, wherein the second set of command scripts are retrieved by the corresponding first set of command scripts.
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Abstract
This invention discloses a network device configuration management system comprising at least one control terminal for an operator to enter one or more network device configurations, at least one user interface module for generating one or more first command scripts written in a general-purpose markup language in response to operators'"'"' inputs on network device configuration, and at least one management server for generating network device configuration instructions from one or more second command scripts written also in the general-purpose markup language to configure corresponding network devices, wherein the second command scripts are retrieved by the corresponding first command scripts, and the network devices are configured by computer terminal operations and by adding new command scripts for new configuration functions without software programming, and the general-purpose markup language ensure interoperability of various components of the network device configuration management system.
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20 Claims
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1. A network device configuration management system comprising:
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at least one control terminal for an operator to enter one or more network device configurations;
at least one user interface module for generating a first set of command scripts written in a first predetermined general-purpose markup language in response to the entered network device configuration inputs; and
at least one management server for generating one or more network device configuration instructions from a second set of command scripts written in a second predetermined general-purpose markup language to configure one or more network devices, wherein the second set of command scripts are retrieved by the corresponding first set of command scripts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for configuring network devices comprising:
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generating a first set of command scripts written in a first predetermined general-purpose markup language in response to network device configuration inputs entered by one or more operators on one or more control terminals;
generating one or more network device configuration instructions from a second set of command scripts written in a second predetermined general-purpose markup language, wherein the second set of command scripts are retrieved by the corresponding first set of command scripts; and
configuring corresponding network devices by the network device configuration instructions. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for configuring network devices comprising:
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adding a first set of command scripts written in a first predetermined general-purpose markup language; and
adding a second set of command scripts written in a second predetermined general-purpose markup language corresponding to the first set of command scripts, when adding one or more new network device configuration functions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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