Method and apparatus for remotely configuring network devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsFrank Wood, Olaf Borowski
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Abstract
A preferred embodiment apparatus for configuring network devices in a network includes a controller provided at a remote location on the network for receiving a configuration request from a user to configure a select user defined device. The controller translates the configuration request to another configuration request, and issues the translated configuration request to a select network device corresponding to the select user defined device for configuring the select network device. A translation enabling part allows the controller to translate the first configuration request received from the user to the second configuration request issued to the select network device.
Claims28
A method for remotely configuring at least one network device on the network, said method comprising:
- issuing a first configuration request from a remote location on the network to configure a select user defined device;
- determining a select network device on the network corresponding to said select user defined device;
- translating said first configuration request to a second configuration request;
- and
- issuing said second configuration request from the remote location to said select network device on the network for configuring said select network device.
An apparatus for remotely configuring network devices on the network, comprising:
- a controller located at a remote location on the network for receiving a first configuration request from a user to configure a select user defined device, translating said first configuration request to a second configuration request, and issuing said second configuration request to a select network device corresponding to said select user defined device for configuring said select network device;
- and,
- means for enabling said controller to translate said first configuration request to said second configuration request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.