Automatic configuration of network devices for network services
AssigneeVerizon Services Corp.
InventorsMichael Stuart Brusca, Sanjay Udani, Agnes Benneh
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Abstract
Systems and methods for facilitating automatic configuration of network devices for network services are disclosed. In one of many possible embodiments, a request for information for configuring a network device is received from a requesting device. The request is in a first protocol format. The information is retrieved from a directory subsystem in a second protocol format. The retrieved information is converted from the second protocol format to the first protocol format. The converted information is transmitted in the first protocol format to the requesting device in response to the request.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- receiving an update to information for configuring a network device and an identification of a plurality of network devices intended to receive said update;
- providing said update to a directory subsystem to modify previously stored information for configuring a network device;
- sending a notification in response to said update to at least a subset of said plurality of network devices intended to receive said update;
- receiving a request for information for configuring a network device from a requesting device, said requesting device being one said plurality of network devices intended to receive said update, said request being generated in response to said notification, said request being in a first protocol format, where said first protocol format comprises an extensible markup language (XML) format;
- retrieving said information from said directory subsystem, said information being in a second protocol format and including information from said update, said second protocol format comprises a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) format;
- converting said information from said second protocol format to said first protocol format;
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- transmitting said information in said first protocol format to the requesting device in response to said request.
A system comprising:
- a directory subsystem configured to:
- store information for configuring a plurality of network devices, the information being stored in accordance with a directory protocol,
- receive an update to at least a subset of the stored information, the update including updated configuration information, and
- send a listing of network devices intended to receive the updated configuration information in response to the update;
- a converter configured to:
- communicate with a network device using a first protocol format,
- communicate with the directory subsystem using a second protocol format, the second protocol format being a directory protocol,
- receive the listing of network devices from the directory subsystem,
- send a notification to at least a subset of network devices intended to receive the updated configuration information,
- receive a request from a requesting device in response to the notification, the requesting device being at least one of the network devices intended to receive the updated configuration information, the request being in the first protocol format,
- convert the request from the first protocol format to the second protocol format,
- send the converted request in the second protocol format to the directory subsystem,
- receive the information for configuring the requesting device from the directory subsystem in response to the converted request, the information being in the second protocol format and including the updated configuration information,
- convert the information from the second protocol format to the first protocol format, and
- transmit the information in the first protocol format to the requesting device, the information including the updated configuration information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.