Methods and apparatus for configuration binding in a distributed switch

A method, comprising:

• selecting a first network configuration file, the first network configuration file having a binding association with an identifier of a first port from a plurality of ports of a first device when a network management module is in a first configuration, the selecting the first network configuration file being based on the binding association with the identifier of the first port in response to a second device being operatively coupled to the first port of the first device during a first time period, the first network configuration file having a binding association with an identifier of the second device when the network management module is in a second configuration;
• selecting the first network configuration file based on the binding association with the identifier of the second device in response to the second device being operatively coupled to a second port from the plurality of ports of the first device;
• selecting the first network configuration file in response to a third device being operatively coupled to the first port during a second time period when during the second time period the network management module is in the first configuration;
• and
• selecting a second network configuration file in response to the first port being operatively coupled to the third device when during the second time period the network management module is in the second configuration.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to:

• select, during a first time period, a first network configuration file in response to a second device being coupled to a first port of a first device and a network management module being in a first configuration in which the first network configuration file has a binding association with an identifier of the first port of the first device;
• switch, after the first time period but before a second time period, the network management module from the first configuration to a second configuration, the first network configuration file having a binding association with an identifier of the second device and not the identifier of the first port of the first device when the network management module is in the second configuration;
• select, during the second time period, the first network configuration file in response to the second device being coupled to a second port of the first device and the network management module being in the second configuration,
• the first port configured to be operably coupled to the second device during a third time period, the first port configured to be operatively coupled to a third device during a fourth time period;
• select the first network configuration file in response to the third device being operatively coupled to the first port when during the fourth time period the network management module is in the first configuration;
• and
• select a second network configuration file in response to the first port being operatively coupled to the third device when during the fourth time period the network management module is in the second configuration.