Method and system for network configuration
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorGanesh Sankaran
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Abstract
Methods and systems have been provided for pushing critical configuration to a set of network devices. According to various embodiments of the invention, a Network Management Station (NMS) creates a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) context and an SNMP view. Additionally, the NMS specifies a network configuration and a set time period. The NMS pushes the network configuration to the set of network devices. The set of devices apply the network configuration after the set time period.
Claims15
A method for configuring a network, the method comprising:
- creating a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) context and an associated SNMP view by a Network Management Station (NMS);
- creating an SNMP context name corresponding to the SNMP context;
- specifying a network configuration and a set time by the NMS, wherein specifying the network configuration is performed using the SNMP context name;
- and
- pushing the specified network configuration to network devices in the network, after the set time.
An apparatus for configuring a network, the apparatus comprising:
- a processing system including a processor coupled to a display and user input device;
- a machine-readable medium including instructions executable by the processor comprising:
- one or more instructions for creating a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) context and an associated SNMP view by a Network Management Station (NMS);
- one or more instructions for creating an SNMP context name corresponding to the SNMP context;
- one or more instructions for specifying a network configuration and a set time by the NMS, wherein the specifying is performed using the SNMP context name;
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- one or more instructions for pushing the specified network configuration to network devices in the network, after the set time.
An apparatus for configuring a network, the apparatus comprising:
- means for creating a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) context and an associated SNMP view by a Network Management Station (NMS);
- means for creating an SNMP context name corresponding to the SNMP context;
- means for specifying a network configuration and a set time by the NMS, wherein specifying the network configuration is performed using the SNMP context name;
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- means for pushing the specified network configuration to network devices in the network, after the set time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.