Methods and apparatus for performing mass operations on a plurality of managed devices on a network
First Claim
1. A method of configuring a plurality of managed devices, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a source managed device;
invoking in a management station a source device management application associated with said source managed device for monitoring and managing said source managed device;
using said source device management application, obtaining a source configuration description from said source managed device;
selecting one or more destination managed devices for being configured;
invoking a destination device management application in a management station for each of said one or more destination managed devices, each of said destination device management applications being associated with at least one of said one or more destination managed devices, each of said destination device management applications for monitoring and managing said at least one of said one or more destination managed devices with which each of said destination device management applications is associated;
said management station using said destination device management application for each of said one or more destination managed devices, issuing a configuration change command to each of said one or more destination managed devices, so that said source configuration description selected from said source managed device is applied to each of said one or more destination managed devices.
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Abstract
A method of configuring a plurality of managed devices. The method preferably includes selecting a source managed device, obtaining a source configuration description from the source managed device, selecting one or more destination managed devices to be configured, issuing a configuration change command to each of the selected destination managed devices and applying the source configuration description selected from the source managed device to each of the selected destination managed devices. In addition, the method may further include the step of editing the source configuration description before issuing the configuration change commands to the one or more destination managed devices.
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1. A method of configuring a plurality of managed devices, comprising the steps of:
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selecting a source managed device;
invoking in a management station a source device management application associated with said source managed device for monitoring and managing said source managed device;
using said source device management application, obtaining a source configuration description from said source managed device;
selecting one or more destination managed devices for being configured;
invoking a destination device management application in a management station for each of said one or more destination managed devices, each of said destination device management applications being associated with at least one of said one or more destination managed devices, each of said destination device management applications for monitoring and managing said at least one of said one or more destination managed devices with which each of said destination device management applications is associated;
said management station using said destination device management application for each of said one or more destination managed devices, issuing a configuration change command to each of said one or more destination managed devices, so that said source configuration description selected from said source managed device is applied to each of said one or more destination managed devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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