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Configuration manager for network devices and an associated method for providing configuration information thereto

  • US 5,838,907 A
  • Filed: 02/20/1996
  • Issued: 11/17/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. For a computer system having a processor subsystem and a memory subsystem coupled by a system bus for bi-directional exchanges therebetween, a configuration manager for configuring a network device remotely coupled thereto, said configuration manager comprising:

  • at least one configuration script stored in said memory subsystem, said configuration script containing a series of executable instructions for constructing a configuration file and a bootptab file for a first specified type network device, said configuration script including at least a first section containing a series of configuration commands which generate requests for information, and a second section containing a set of connection rules for connecting said first specified type of network device to at least one other specified type of network device, and where said second section of said configuration script includes at least (i) an identifier for each connection interface of said first specified type of network device and (ii) a list of network device types that can be connected to the connection interface associated therewith, said list being provided for each of said identifiers;

    a first software module, executable by said processor subsystem, for constructing a configuration file suitable for upload to a network device of said first specified type and a bootptab file suitable for identifying said network device, said first software module constructing said configuration file and said bootptab file by executing said series of executable instructions contained in said configuration script; and

    a second software module, executable by said processor subsystem, for processing a configuration request issued by said network device by identifying said network device using said constructed bootptab file and configuring said network device by uploading said constructed configuration file thereto.

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