Setting control device for layer 2 device
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorHideki Kangyu
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Abstract
The invention relates to a layer 2 network. The invention provides a setting control device for layer 2 devices that simultaneously sets the same data to plural layer 2 devices provided in a network such as a broadband Ethernet and an enterprise LAN. The setting control device for layer 2 devices includes: a unit that confirms that a reception frame is a control frame including setting control information of layer 2 devices; a unit that transfers the control frame including the setting control information, after the control frame is confirmed; and a setting unit that sets the setting control information to the own layer 2 device, after the control frame is transferred. The transfer unit broadcasts the control frame to be transferred.
Claims10
A setting control device for layer 2 devices that constitute a layer 2 network, the setting control device comprising:
- a unit that confirms that a reception frame is a control frame including setting control information of layer 2 devices;
- a unit that transfers the control frame including the setting control information, after the control frame is confirmed;
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- a setting unit that sets the setting control information to the own layer 2 device, after the control frame is transferred.
A setting control method for layer 2 devices that constitute a layer 2 network, the setting control method comprising:
- a step of confirming that a reception frame is a control frame including setting control information of layer 2 devices;
- a step of transferring the control frame including the setting control information, after the control frame is confirmed;
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- a step of setting the setting control information to the own layer 2 device, after the control frame is transferred.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.