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Network configuration and routing

  • US 8,406,225 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2007
  • Issued: 03/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a network management device, first information relating to a trunk to be added between a switch and an end office,the network management device being remote from the switch;

    receiving, by the network management device, second information indicating that the trunk is a trunk home for the end office;

    creating, by the network management device, a virtual destination for the end office based on the first information and the second information,the virtual destination representing a group of network devices associated with the end office and the switch;

    identifying, by the network management device, routing changes to be made, associated with the switch and a group of switches, based on adding the trunk; and

    updating, by the network management device and based on the routing changes, a data structure that contains routing information associated with the switch and the end office.

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