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Methods for displaying physical network topology and environmental status by location, organization, or responsible party

  • US 8,271,626 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2008
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for mass configuration of a plurality of network appliances, the method comprising:

  • displaying, to a user, configuration data associated with each of the plurality of network appliances, the configuration data including at least one parameter applicable to every network appliance of the plurality of network appliances;

    receiving an update for the configuration data from the user, the update specifying a new value for the at least one parameter;

    receiving a plurality of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) communications from the plurality of network appliances, each of the plurality of HTTP communications respectively corresponding to a network appliance of the plurality of network appliances; and

    transmitting, respectively in response to receiving each of the plurality of HTTP communications, update information specifying the new value of the at least one parameter to a corresponding network appliance of the plurality of network appliances using at least one of a ping, HTTP GET and HTTP POST.

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