TELECOMMUNICATIONS NODE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A telecommunications node comprising:
- a transceiver that couples the telecommunications node to a line card of a subtending device that provides access to a carrier network;
a memory device; and
a data processor coupled to the transceiver and the memory device, wherein the data processor is configured to perform operations comprising;
receiving, from a file server, a first configuration file for the telecommunications node;
parsing the first configuration file to identify a filename of a unit-specific configuration file for the telecommunications node;
replacing a wildcard value in the filename with a unit-specific identifier to derive a network path of a unit-specific configuration file;
configuring one or more parameters of the telecommunications node based on a given configuration file identified from the first configuration file;
detecting a change to a configuration of the telecommunications node; and
posting, to the derived network path, an updated unit-specific configuration file in response to detecting the change to the configuration.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing configurations of telecommunications nodes. In one aspect, a system includes a file server; a subtending device coupled to the file server, and a telecommunications node coupled to the subtending device. The subtending device can include one or more line cards that connect one or more telecommunications nodes to a network. The telecommunications device receives, from the file server and based on provisioning information provided by the subtending device, a first configuration file and replaces a wildcard value in the first filename with a unit-specific identifier. A unit-specific configuration file is requested from the file server, and used to configure the node. A change is detected to the configuration, and an updated unit-specific configuration file is posted to the file server using the first filename.
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21 Claims
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1. A telecommunications node comprising:
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a transceiver that couples the telecommunications node to a line card of a subtending device that provides access to a carrier network; a memory device; and a data processor coupled to the transceiver and the memory device, wherein the data processor is configured to perform operations comprising; receiving, from a file server, a first configuration file for the telecommunications node; parsing the first configuration file to identify a filename of a unit-specific configuration file for the telecommunications node; replacing a wildcard value in the filename with a unit-specific identifier to derive a network path of a unit-specific configuration file; configuring one or more parameters of the telecommunications node based on a given configuration file identified from the first configuration file; detecting a change to a configuration of the telecommunications node; and posting, to the derived network path, an updated unit-specific configuration file in response to detecting the change to the configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a file server; a subtending device coupled to the file server, wherein the subtending device includes one or more line cards that connect one or more telecommunications nodes to a network; and a telecommunications node coupled to the subtending device, wherein the telecommunications node manages a configuration of the telecommunications node by performing operations including; receiving, from a file server and based, at least in part, on provisioning data provided by the subtending device, a first configuration file for the telecommunications node; parsing the first configuration file to identify a filename of a unit-specific configuration file for the telecommunications node; replacing a wildcard value in the filename with a unit-specific identifier to derive a network path of a unit-specific configuration file; configuring one or more parameters of the telecommunications node based on a given configuration file identified from the first configuration file; detecting a change to a configuration of the telecommunications node; and posting, to the derived network path, an updated unit-specific configuration file in response to detecting the change to the configuration. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of managing telecommunications node configuration, comprising:
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receiving, by a telecommunications node and from a file server, a first configuration file for the telecommunications node; parsing, by the telecommunications node, the first configuration file to identify a filename of a unit-specific configuration file for the telecommunications node; replacing, by the telecommunications node, a wildcard value in the filename with a unit-specific identifier to derive a network path of a unit-specific configuration file; configuring, by the telecommunications node, one or more parameters of the telecommunications node based on a given configuration file identified from the first configuration file; detecting, by the telecommunications node, a change to a configuration of the telecommunications node; and posting, by the telecommunications node and to the derived network path, an updated unit-specific configuration file in response to detecting the change to the configuration. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
comparing, by the replacement telecommunications node, the obtained unit-specific configuration file to a stored configuration file for the replacement telecommunications node, wherein performing an action comprises performing an action based on the comparison, including; replacing the stored configuration file with the unit-specific configuration file when the unit-specific configuration file does not match the stored configuration file; and discarding the unit-specific configuration file when the unit-specific configuration file matches the stored configuration file.
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