Method and system for automating network engineering

• US 8,601,091 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2008
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Atlassian US, Inc. (Atlassian Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Venouss, Yavar
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAW, PELING ANDREW
• Application Number:
  US12/333,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20100153527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,817 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-221, 709223-225, 709/229, 455423-424, 455/446, 398/25, 713/100, 370/254, 715735-738, 715740-741, 715743-744
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting

Abstract

A method and system of an embodiment may include receiving network device information associated with a network device, parsing the network device information, identifying one or more network device attributes associated with the network device from the parsed network device information, displaying via a user interface, user information associated with the one or more identified network device attributes, receiving one or more user commands via the user interface, and translating, by a command interpreter module, the one or more user commands into one or more network device executable commands.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving network device information associated with a network device located within a network;

parsing the network device information;

identifying one or more network device attributes associated with the network device from the parsed network device information;

displaying, via a user interface, at least one of one or more identified network device attributes;

requesting additional network device information to identify one or more network device attributes;

analyzing at least one of the network device information and the additional network device information to identify one or more non-compliant devices based on at least one user-specified setting, wherein the at least one user-specified setting is determined by a user via a translatable template;

receiving one or more user commands via the user interface;

translating, by a command interpreter module, the one or more user commands into one or more network device executable commands; and

generating one or more configuration commands to configure one or more network devices.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least one network device attribute comprises network connectivity of the network device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing one or more network devices via a network to obtain network device information.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising authorizing access with one or more access control mechanisms prior to accessing one or more network devices remotely.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein at least one of the one or more access control mechanisms comprises an authentication server.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the network device information is received as one or more network device configuration files.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more devices comprise devices on a client network managed by a service provider.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising utilizing a template to generate the request for additional network device information.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein additional network device information is parsed from configuration files.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein additional network device information is queried from one or more network devices.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more configuration commands are generated to reconfigure one or more identified non-compliant devices.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

delivering one or more configuration commands to one or more network devices via a network.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing one or more configuration commands to a user.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

utilizing analyzed network connectivity of one or more network devices to provide one or more network address management services.

15. A non-transitory computer readable media comprising code to perform the acts of the computer-implemented method of claim 1.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional network device information provides a more detailed view of the one or more network device attributes than the network device information.

17. A system, comprising:

organized data storage for storing network information; and

a processor wherein the processor is configured to;

receive network device information associated with a network device located within a network;

parse the network device information;

identify one or more network device attributes associated with the network device from the parsed network device information;

display, via a user interface, at least one of the one or more identified network device attributes;

request additional network device information to identify one or more network device attributes;

analyze at least one of the network device information and the additional network device information to identify one or more non-compliant devices based on at least one user-specified setting, wherein the at least one user-specified setting is determined by a user via a translatable template;

receive one or more user commands via the user interface;

translate, by a command interpreter module, the one or more user commands into one or more network device executable commands; and

generate one or more configuration commands to configure one or more network devices.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein at least one network device attribute comprises network connectivity of the network device.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the translation of the user interface enables a user to access network device information utilizing a standardized command syntax.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the additional network device information provides a more detailed view of the one or more network device attributes than the network device information.