Arista Networks, Inc.

Ryan Sherali Madsen

Kenneth James Duda

Srinivas Kommu

Andre Henri Joseph Pech

Philip F DiLeo

Andrew Fort

Charles Ding

Philip Drury

Goran Jawdat

Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for providing a flexible network management system for configuring network devices. A studio definition specifying a set of configuration parameters for configuring network devices in a plurality of network devices is received. A workspace definition associated with the studio definition, the workspace definition specifying values for a subset of the set of configuration parameters is received. A set of build operations on the studio definition and the workspace definition are performed to generate a set of configuration commands for a subset of the plurality of network devices. The subset of the plurality of network devices are configured based on the set of configuration commands.

Flexible network management system for configuring network devices

A method of managing a network includes: obtaining a search request for a device of a plurality of devices of the network where the device is specified by a piece of network information associated with the device; searching a searchable data structure using the piece of the network information to obtain a search result where the search result comprises a location list of potential locations within the network where the device may be located; obtaining likelihood rankings of the potential locations; and providing a response to the search request using the search result and the likelihood rankings.

Ordering possible device locations on the network by port-of-entry likelihood

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for receiving a template made up of various components. Multiple stage rules are provided including action bundles as well as network device specifications. The action bundles include primary actions and stage rule execution orders for generating change controls. Generating change controls involves several steps. The network devices are enumerated based on respective network device specifications. Next, the action bundles are associated with each of the respective network devices. Finally, the change control is provided to a network management backend, and the network management backend applies the change control to the network devices.

Structured network change controls

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a network management system (NMS) from a client, a message having an object reference embedding a query, the query requesting an operation to be performed on data stored in a data tree maintained by the NMS. The method provides for generating, by the NMS, a result of the query by performing the operation on the data. In this embodiment, the method further provides for sending, by the NMS to the client, the result of the query. In some embodiments, the object reference may include a pathname.

Pathnames with embedded queries

A method for visualizing a network. The method includes identifying, for each of a set of network elements, a network element role and a network element connectivity, grouping the network elements based on the network element roles, displaying at least a subset of the grouped network elements, and displaying connections between the displayed network elements, based on the network element connectivity.

Method and system for visualizing networks

A method for executing a command line interface (CLI) command by receiving a hyper text transport protocol (HTTP) comprising the CLI command from a controller, extracting the CLI command from the HTTP request, and executing, by a network device, the CLI command to generate a populated model comprising results generated from executing the CLI command. The method also executes the CLI command by converting the populated model into a JSON format using a JSON engine to obtain a JSON result; encapsulating the JSON result in a JSON Remote Procedure Call (RPC), and transmitting the JSON RPC as a HTTP response to the controller.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Ryan Sherali Madsen