Mechanism for specifying port-related data from network devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorSteven V. Britt
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Abstract
A computer system for and method of requesting networked device information is described. The computer system comprises a processor and a data store. The data store comprises one or more data identifier groups hierarchically specifying data available from one or more networked devices and a data retrieval tool comprising a set of instructions executable by the processor to obtain data from a network device. The data retrieval tool is arranged to request the data from the network device based on a data identifier group.
Claims14
A computer system for requesting networked device information from a network interconnect device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a data store communicatively coupled with the processor and comprising:
- one or more data identifier groups hierarchically specifying data available from one or more networked devices;
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- a data retrieval tool comprising a set of instructions executable by the processor to obtain configuration data from the network interconnect device wherein the data retrieval tool is arranged to request the configuration data from the network interconnect device based on a data identifier group,
- wherein the data identifier group comprises a reference to a parent data identifier group from which the data identifier group inherits data type information, and a data specification which overrides a corresponding data specification in the parent data identifier group.
A method of requesting networked device information from a network interconnect device, comprising:
- a computer system determining a device identifier from a device identifier group where the device identifier corresponds to device information received from the network interconnect device;
- determining a data identifier group from a property grouping where the data identifier group is based on information in the device identifier, wherein the data identifier group comprises a reference to a parent data identifier group from which the data identifier group inherits data type information, and a data specification which overrides a corresponding data specification in the parent data identifier group;
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- generating a configuration data request for the network interconnect device based on the data identifier group and the device identifier.
A memory or a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to determine a device identifier from a device identifier group where the device identifier corresponds to device information received from a network interconnect device;
- determine a data identifier group from a property grouping where the data identifier group is based on information in the device identifier, wherein the data identifier group comprises a reference to a parent data identifier group from which the data identifier group inherits data type information, and a data specification which overrides a corresponding data specification in the parent data identifier group;
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- generate a configuration data request for the network interconnect device based on the data identifier group and the device identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.