发明名称 Method and apparatus for centrally configuring network devices
摘要 A method for configuring network devices in a network includes creating a domain having a management device and a plurality of select network devices. A configuration command is issued from the management device to a central network device in the domain to configure at least one of the network devices in the domain identified by the management device. The central network device then issues a configuration command to each of the identified select network device.
申请公布号 US8788639(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.07.22
申请号 US200511129550 申请日期 2005.05.13
申请人 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 发明人 Borowski Olaf
分类号 G06F15/173 主分类号 G06F15/173
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A method for configuring network devices in a network having a plurality of user computing devices, a plurality of network devices and a management device for managing the network devices, comprising: creating a domain including the plurality of network devices by connecting said management device to each of said network devices, and separately issuing a command from said management device to each of said network devices to add said each of said network devices to said domain, wherein said each of said network devices adds itself to said domain upon receiving said command from said management device; configuring one of the plurality of network devices as a central network device after said domain has been created; issuing a first configuration command from said management device to the central network device, wherein the first configuration command comprises a command to create a virtual local area network (VLAN) for the plurality of network devices in the created domain; configuring the central network device to create the VLAN according to the first configuration command; in response to receipt of the first configuration command by the central network device from the management device, issuing, by the central network device, a second configuration command from said central network device to at least another one of said plurality of network devices in said domain to configure said at least another one of said plurality of network devices; and configuring the at least another one of said plurality of network devices according to a command contained in the second configuration command.
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