Configuration for multi-stage network fabrics
AssigneeJuniper Networks, Inc.
InventorsSukhdev S. Kapur, Michael Henkel
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Abstract
A method includes deploying a network device within a fabric having a management network by attaching the network device through the management network to a port of a role allocator, wherein the role allocator includes one or more ports designated as first level port connections and one or more other ports designated as second level port connections. If the deployed network device is attached to one of the ports designated as first level port connections, the deployed network device is configured as a first level device. If the deployed network device is attached to one of the ports designated as second level port connections, the deployed network device is configured as a second level device.
Claims20
A network device comprising:
- a plurality of network ports, each of the network ports capable of being coupled to a fabric;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- establish a network connection through the fabric to one of a plurality of role allocator ports of a role allocator,
- identify a role allocator port to which the network device is connected over the network connection by querying the role allocator, and
- configure the network device based on the identified role allocator port.
A method comprising:
- deploying a network device within a fabric having a management network by attaching a port of the network device through the management network to one of a plurality of ports of a role allocator;
- establishing a network connection through the fabric to one of a plurality of role allocator ports of a role allocator;
- identifying a role allocator port to which the network device is connected over the network connection by querying the role allocator;
- and
- configuring the network device based on the identified role allocator port.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause a processor of a network device to:
- establish a network connection through a management network within a fabric to one of a plurality of role allocator ports of a role allocator;
- identify a role allocator port to which the network device is connected over the network connection by querying the role allocator;
- and
- configure the network device based on the identified role allocator port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.