Simplified configuration of network policy
AssigneeArista Networks, Inc.
InventorsAnoop Kumaran Nair, Venkatesh Ramachandran, Rajesh Kumar Ganapathy Achari, Rajarao Bhagya Prasad Nittur, Krishna Prabhakar
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Abstract
A network management server may provide options via a user interface for configuring a network and a network policy for the network. The network management server may identify values for network attributes based on the user-selected option(s). The network management server may maintain network entity attribute information and use the network entity attribute information to populate the selectable options based on which conditions and/or actions for the network policy are defined.
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A method for network policy configuration, the method comprising:
- maintaining a database of network entity attribute information, the database including attributes of each entity of a plurality of entities of a network;
- presenting the attributes of each entity of the plurality of entities in the network as options in defining a condition of a network policy for the network, wherein the plurality of entities include a set of one or more entities that matches the condition of the network policy;
- receiving user input that includes a selected option of the options, wherein the selected option corresponds to a given attribute in the attributes of the plurality of entities, wherein the user input includes a given value for the given attribute, and wherein the given attribute and the given value at least partly define the condition of the network policy;
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- applying the network policy to the set of one or more entities based on the condition of the network policy.
A method for network policy configuration, the method comprising:
- presenting, via a user interface, a first set of options that configures a network;
- presenting, via the user interface, a second set of options that defines one or more conditions for configuring a network policy for the network, the one or more conditions specifying one or more entities of the network to which the network policy is applied;
- presenting, via the user interface, a third set of options that defines one or more actions for configuring the network policy, wherein the one or more actions are performed as part of applying the network policy;
- receiving, via the user interface, user input of a first selection from the first set of options, a second selection from the second set of options, and a third selection from the third set of options;
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- applying the network policy based on the second and third selections.
A method of defining a network for network policy configuration, the method comprising:
- presenting, via a user interface, a plurality of selectable options, wherein the plurality of selectable options comprise a first option to configure a wired network and a second option to configure a wireless network;
- receiving, via the user interface, user input to configure a new network, wherein the user input comprises a selection of the first option or the second option from the plurality of selectable options;
- based on the user input comprising the selection of the first option and the new network being a wired network, identifying a set of values for wired network attributes and configuring the new network as the wired network using the set of values for the wired network attributes;
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- based on the user input comprising the selection of the second option and the new network being a wireless network, identifying a set of values for wireless network attributes and configuring the new network as the wireless network using the set of values for the wireless network attributes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.