Ciena Corporation

Magdalena Charbonneau

Amit Kumar

Sobeer Kant Jain

Systems and methods include obtaining a catalog for a 'to' software release and details of a controller of a network element operating a 'from' software release, wherein the software releases are associated with the network element, and wherein the controller has a file system associated therewith; determining a delivery technique for a software load of the &#x201c;to&#x201d; software release based on the catalog and the details of the controller; and causing delivery of the software load to the file system based on the determined delivery technique, wherein the causing is one of automatic and subsequent to a user command. The delivery technique can be one of i) a full delivery, including all files in the catalog, ii) a minimal delivery, including only files in the catalog needed based on modules present in the network element, and iii) a hybrid delivery, between the full and minimal delivery.

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Magdalena Charbonneau