Method, device, and system for controlling network device auto-provisioning

• US 10,091,274 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2016
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xueming
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Khanh
• Application Number:
  US15/191,822
• Publication Number:
  US 20170180456A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 709220, 709224, 709228, 370431
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4641 Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/622 Layer-2 addresses, e.g. medium access control [MAC] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0246 Exchanging or transporting network management information using the Internet; Embedding network management web servers in network elements; Web-services-based protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0843 based on generic templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method, device, and system for controlling network device auto-provisioning is provided. The method includes: acquiring network topology information that is in a live network and of a network device, where the network topology information includes an interface and an IP address of an uplink device directly connected to the network device. The method also includes detecting whether the network topology information in the live network matches preset network topology information; and if the network topology information in the live network matches the preset network topology information, sending, by a network management device to the network device, information about enabling the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or Trivial FTP (TFTP), and an identifier of an operating system file and/or an identifier of a configuration file, so that the network device acquires the operating system file and/or the configuration file.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

acquiring, by a network management device, network topology information of a network device in a live network, wherein the network topology information comprises an interface and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an uplink device directly connected to the network device;

detecting whether the network topology information in the live network matches preset network topology information; and

sending, by the network management device to the network device, information about enabling Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) or File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and an identifier of a file, in response to the network topology information in the live network matching the preset network topology information, wherein the file is required for provisioning, so that the network device establishes a TFTP connection or an FTP connection with a TFTP server or an FTP server respectively, and acquires the file from the TFTP server or the FTP server;

wherein the interface comprises one or a combination of a physical interface and a virtual local area network (VLAN) interface to which the physical interface belongs; and

wherein the file is an operating system file, an identifier of a configuration file, or both.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring the network topology information comprises:

acquiring, by the network management device, an interface table of the uplink device and an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table of the network device, wherein the interface table of the uplink device comprises a correspondence between each interface of the uplink device and a media access control (MAC) address of each interface, and the ARP table of the network device comprises a correspondence between an IP address of the interface at which the uplink device is directly connected to the network device and a MAC address of the interface at which the uplink device is directly connected to the network device;

acquiring, according to the interface table of the uplink device and the ARP table of the network device, the MAC address of the interface of the uplink device directly connected to the network device;

acquiring, from the interface table of the uplink device according to the MAC address of the interface of the uplink device directly connected to the network device, the interface of the uplink device directly connected to the network device; and

acquiring, from the ARP table of the network device, the IP address of the interface at which the uplink device is directly connected to the network device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting whether the network topology information in the live network matches preset network topology information comprises:

detecting whether a physical interface and IP address in the network topology information in the live network match a preset physical interface and a preset IP address.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting whether the network topology information in the live network matches preset network topology information comprises:

detecting whether a VLAN interface to which a physical interface belongs and an IP address that are in the network topology information in the live network match a preset VLAN interface to which a physical interface belongs and a preset IP address.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting whether the network topology information in the live network matches preset network topology information comprises:

detecting whether a physical interface, a VLAN interface to which the physical interface belongs, and an IP address that are in the network topology information in the live network match a preset physical interface, a preset VLAN interface to which the preset physical interface belongs, and a preset IP address.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network topology information further comprises a device model, and detecting whether the network topology information in the live network matches preset network topology information further comprises:

detecting whether a device model in the network topology information in the live network matches a device model in the preset network topology information.

7. A device, comprising a processor and a communications interface, wherein the processor and the communications interface are coupled with each other;

wherein the processor is configured to;

acquire network topology information of a network device that is in a live network, wherein the network topology information comprises an interface and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an uplink device directly connected to the network device, and the interface of the uplink device comprises one or more of a physical interface and a virtual local area network (VLAN) interface to which the physical interface belongs;

detect whether the network topology information in the live network matches preset network topology information; and

send to the network device, using the communications interface, information about enabling Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) or File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and an identifier of a file, in response to the network topology information in the live network matching the preset network topology information, wherein the file is required for provisioning, so that the network device establishes a TFTP connection or an FTP connection with a TFTP server or an FTP server respectively, and acquires the file from the TFTP server or the FTP server;

wherein the file is an operating system file, an identifier of a configuration file, or both.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire an interface table of the uplink device and an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table of the network device, wherein the interface table of the uplink device comprises a correspondence between each interface of the uplink device and a media access control (MAC) address of each interface, and the ARP table of the network device comprises a correspondence between an IP address of the interface at which the uplink device is directly connected to the network device and a MAC address of the interface at which the uplink device is directly connected to the network device;

acquire, according to the interface table of the uplink device and the ARP table of the network device, the MAC address of the interface of the uplink device directly connected to the network device;

acquire, from the interface table of the uplink device according to the MAC address of the interface of the uplink device directly connected to the network device, the interface of the uplink device directly connected to the network device; and

acquire, from the ARP table of the network device, the IP address of the interface at which the uplink device is directly connected to the network device.

9. The device according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect whether the physical interface and the IP address in the network topology information in the live network match a preset physical interface and a preset IP address.

10. The device according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect whether the VLAN interface to which the physical interface belongs and the IP address that are in the network topology information in the live network match a preset VLAN interface to which a physical interface belongs and a preset IP address.

11. The device according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect whether the physical interface, the VLAN interface to which the physical interface belongs, and the IP address that are in the network topology information in the live network match a preset physical interface, a preset VLAN interface to which a physical interface belongs, and a preset IP address.

12. The device according to claim 7, wherein the network topology information further comprises a device model, and wherein the processor is configured to:

detect whether the device model in the network topology information in the live network matches a device model in the preset network topology information.

13. A device for controlling network device auto-provisioning, comprising:

a first acquiring unit, configured to acquire network topology information of a network device that is in a live network, wherein the network topology information comprises an interface and an IP address of an uplink device directly connected to the network device;

a first detecting unit, configured to detect whether the network topology information in the live network matches preset network topology information; and

a sending unit, configured to;

in response to the network topology information in the live network matching the preset network topology information, send, by a network management device to the network device, information about enabling the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) or File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and an identifier of a file, wherein the file is required for provisioning, so that the network device establishes a TFTP connection or an FTP connection with a TFTP server or an FTP server respectively, and acquires the file from the TFTP server or the FTP server;

wherein the interface comprises one or a combination of a physical interface and a virtual local area network (VLAN) interface to which the physical interface belongs, and the IP address is a fixed IP address of the uplink device in the live network; and

wherein the file is an operating system file, an identifier of a configuration file, or both.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the first acquiring unit is further configured to:

acquire an interface table of the uplink device and an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table of the network device, wherein the interface table of the uplink device comprises a correspondence between each interface of the uplink device and a media access control MAC address of each interface, and the ARP table of the network device comprises a correspondence between an IP address of the interface at which the uplink device is directly connected to the network device and a MAC address of the interface at which the uplink device is directly connected to the network device;

acquire, according to the interface table of the uplink device and the ARP table of the network device, the MAC address of the interface of the uplink device directly connected to the network device;

acquire, from the interface table of the uplink device according to the MAC address of the interface of the uplink device directly connected to the network device, the interface of the uplink device directly connected to the network device; and

acquire, from the ARP table of the network device, the IP address of the interface at which the uplink device is directly connected to the network device.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein the detecting unit is further configured to detect whether the physical interface and the IP address in the network topology information in the live network match a preset physical interface and a preset IP address.

16. The device according to claim 13, wherein the detecting unit is further configured to detect whether the VLAN interface to which the physical interface belongs and the IP address that are in the network topology information in the live network match a preset VLAN interface to which a physical interface belongs and a preset IP address.

17. The device according to claim 13, wherein the detecting unit is further configured to detect whether the physical interface, the VLAN interface to which the physical interface belongs, and the IP address that are in the network topology information in the live network match a preset physical interface, a preset VLAN interface to which a physical interface belongs, and a preset uplink device IP address.

18. The device according to any one of claim 13, wherein the network topology information further comprises a device model, and the detecting unit is further configured to detect whether the device model in the network topology information matches a device model in the preset network topology information.