Method and system for initialization configuration of managed device

• US 7,916,748 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2008
• Issued: 03/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2005
• 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: Ma, Yuzhi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang; Thai D
• Application Number:
  US12/013,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20080107131A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,173 Days
• Field of Search: 370449-457, 709220-222
• US Class Current: 370/457
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5014 using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A method for initialization configuration of a managed device, includes: predefining and storing initial configuration information of the managed device; detecting a message requesting for IP address assignment broadcasted from the managed device; searching in the initial configuration information for the message requesting for IP address assignment, to obtain an IP address of a Device Management (DM) interface of the managed device; sending the IP address to the managed device; upon determining that the managed device has configured its IP address as the IP address, sending an initial configuration command to the managed device; and performing automatically the initialization configuration of the managed device in accordance with the initial configuration information. A system for initialization configuration of a managed device is also provided.

Claims

1. A method for initialization configuration of a managed device, comprising:

predefining and storing initial configuration information of the managed device;

detecting a message requesting for IP address assignment broadcasted from the managed device;

searching in the initial configuration information for the message requesting for IP address assignment, to obtain an IP address of a Device Management (DM) interface of the managed device;

sending the IP address to the managed device;

upon determining that the managed device has configured its IP address as the IP address, sending an initial configuration command to the managed device; and

performing automatically the initialization configuration of the managed device in accordance with the initial configuration command;

wherein the initial configuration information comprises;

a device serial number, a MAC address of a DM (Device Management) interface, an IP address of a DM interface, one or more IP addresses of one or more other interfaces, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version number, an SNMP community name, configuration information of an SNMP Trap server, and information of a Sysloq receiving host.

2. The method for initialization configuration of a managed device according to claim 1, wherein the IP address comprises an IPv4 or IPv6 address.

3. The method for initialization configuration of a managed device according to claim 2, wherein the process of searching in the initial configuration information for the message requesting for IP address assignment, to obtain an IP address of a Device Management (DM) interface of the managed device comprises:

determining from the message requesting for IP address assignment the MAC address or device serial number of the managed device;

searching in the initial configuration information in accordance with the determined MAC address or device serial number; and

determining the IP address corresponding to the DM interface of the managed device.

4. The method for initialization configuration of a managed device according to claim 1, wherein the step of sending an initial configuration command to the managed device for initialization configuration comprises:

in accordance with a device configuration policy indicated in the initial configuration information, issuing to the managed device an initial configuration command which is in turn used to perform the initialization configuration of the managed device.

5. The method for initialization configuration of a managed device according to claim 4, wherein the step of in accordance with a device configuration policy indicated in the initial configuration information, issuing to the managed device an initial configuration command which is in turn used to perform the initialization configuration of the managed device comprises:

issuing the initial configuration command to the managed device via a command line interface or SNMP interface.

6. The method for initialization configuration of a managed device according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending a poll message to the IP address of the Device Management interface.

7. A system for initialization configuration of a managed device, comprising:

a network management unit configured to save initial configuration information of the managed device, to issue an initial configuration command to the managed device that has obtained an IP address, and to transmit device identification information and IP address information of a DM (Device Management) interface indicated in the initial configuration information to a serving unit for IP address assignment;

the serving unit for IP address assignment configured to determine an IP address of a DM interface of the managed device in accordance with the information transmitted from the network management unit and a detected request message transmitted from the managed device, and to transmit the IP address to the managed device;

the managed device configured to configure an IP address of the DM interface in accordance with the IP address transmitted from the serving unit for IP address assignment, and to perform the initialization configuration in accordance with the initial configuration command issued from the network management unit.

8. The system for initialization configuration of a managed device according to claim 7, wherein the network management unit comprises:

an initial configuration information saving module configured to save the initial configuration information of the managed device in the network management unit, and to transmit the saved initial configuration information to an initial configuration information sending module and an configuration command sending module, where the initial configuration information saving module can be implemented by means of a policy configuration database;

the initial configuration information sending module configured to transmit, to the serving unit for IP address assignment, information of a device serial number, the MAC address of the DM interface and the IP address of the DM interface indicated in the received initial configuration information;

the configuration command sending module configured to send a poll message to the IP address of the DM interface indicated in the initial configuration information, and upon receiving the response message returned from the managed device, to send an initial configuration command to the managed device in accordance with a device configuration policy indicated in the received initial configuration information.

9. The system for initialization configuration of a managed device according to claim 8, wherein the network management unit comprises:

an initial configuration information inputting module configured to input, in a network planning phase, via an interface the initial configuration information of the managed device, and to transmit the inputted initial configuration information to the initial configuration information saving module;

an initial configuration information maintenance module configured to update, in the network planning phase, the initial configuration information of the managed device saved in the initial configuration information saving module upon change of the initial configuration information.

10. The system for initialization configuration of a managed device according to claim 7, wherein the serving unit for IP address assignment comprises:

an initial configuration information receiving module configured to receive the information of the device serial number, the MAC address of the DM interface and the IP address of the DM interface transmitted from the network management unit, and to transmit the received information to an IP address issuing module;

a detecting module configured to detect the message requesting for IP address assignment address broadcasted from the managed device, to obtain from the message the MAC address or device serial number of the managed device, and to transmit the obtained MAC address or device serial number to the IP issuing module;

the IP address issuing module configured to determine an IP address planned for the DM interface of the managed device in accordance with the information transmitted from the initial configuration information receiving module and the MAC address or device serial number transmitted from the detecting module, and to issue the IP address to the managed device.

11. The system for initialization configuration of a managed device according to claim 10, wherein the managed device comprises:

a request message sending module configured to broadcast a message requesting for IP address assignment after the managed device is started, with the MAC address or device serial number of the managed device being carried in the message;

a DM interface IP address configuration module configured to receive the IP address transmitted from the serving unit for IP address assignment, and to use the IP address to configure automatically the IP address of the DM interface of the managed device;

an initialization configuration module configured to receive the poll message from the network management unit, to return a response message, to receive the configuration command transmitted from the network management unit, and to perform the initialization configuration of the managed device in accordance with the configuration command.

12. The system for initialization configuration of a managed device according to claim 7, wherein the initial configuration information saving module is further configured to send a poll message to the IP address of the Device Management interface, and to determine that the managed device has configured its IP address as the IP address of the Device Management interface upon receiving a corresponding response message from the managed device.