System and method for configuring a network device
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for communicating with a network device, the method comprising:
- receiving a message indicating a network event has occurred, the network event affecting communications among the network device and other network devices;
comparing the network event with a collection of policies to determine a response to the network event;
retrieving a command-format template corresponding to the network device, wherein the command-format template indicates how to construct a device-specific command for the network device and includes an attribute field;
identifying, in accord with the determined response to the network event, attribute data corresponding to the attribute field;
generating the device-specific command for the network device using the retrieved command-format template and the identified attribute data; and
providing the generated device-specific command to the network device.
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Abstract
A system and method for communicating with network devices without regard to the device type and/or manufacturer is described. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a global graphical user interface (GUI) for communicating with various network devices. The global GUI includes an intuitive interface driven by a template library. For each device type and each device manufacturer, this template library can store both the attribute fields required for device configuration and the format for communicating those attribute fields. When a network administrator wants to communicate with a particular network device, the template associated with that device can be retrieved from the template library. The network administrator can then populate the attribute fields of that template with the appropriate data. This attribute data can be formatted and provided to the network device.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for communicating with a network device, the method comprising:
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receiving a message indicating a network event has occurred, the network event affecting communications among the network device and other network devices; comparing the network event with a collection of policies to determine a response to the network event; retrieving a command-format template corresponding to the network device, wherein the command-format template indicates how to construct a device-specific command for the network device and includes an attribute field; identifying, in accord with the determined response to the network event, attribute data corresponding to the attribute field; generating the device-specific command for the network device using the retrieved command-format template and the identified attribute data; and providing the generated device-specific command to the network device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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