Auto-configuring multicast protocol parameters
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsTathagata Nandy, Balaji Sankaran, Vijay Kannan, Guru Gurram Janardhan
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Abstract
Some examples relate to auto-configuration of a parameter related to a multicast protocol on a network device. In an example, a network device in a multicast network may identify the network topology of the multicast network. Upon identification, the network device may enable a multicast protocol on the network device based on the network topology of the multicast network. The network device may determine a network parameter related to the multicast network. In response to the determination, a multicast parameter related to the multicast protocol may be auto-configured on the network device.
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A method comprising:
- identifying, by a network device in a multicast network, a network topology of the multicast network;
- enabling, by the network device, a multicast protocol on the network device based on the network topology of the multicast network;
- determining, by the network device, a network parameter related to the multicast network;
- and
- auto-configuring, on the network device, a multicast parameter related to the multicast protocol, based on the network parameter related to the multicast network.
A network device comprising:
- a topology engine to identify a network topology of a multicast network;
- a protocol engine to enable a multicast protocol on the network device based on the network topology of the multicast network;
- a determination engine to determine a network parameter related to the multicast network;
- and
- a configuration engine to:
- auto-configure a multicast parameter related to the multicast protocol, based on the network parameter related to the multicast network;
- and
- in response to a determination by the determination engine that the network parameter related to the multicast network has changed subsequent to the auto-configuration, update the multicast parameter related to the multicast protocol on the network device.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, the instructions executable by a processor to:
- identify a network topology of a multicast network;
- enable a multicast protocol on the network device based on the network topology of the multicast network;
- determine a network parameter related to the multicast network;
- determine a parameter related to the network device;
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- auto-configure a multicast parameter related to the multicast protocol, based on the network parameter related to the multicast network and the parameter related to the network device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.