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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2016
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Lucien M. Avramov, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sameer Kittur, Bangalore, IN;
Chandrasekhar V. Modumudi, Bangalore, IN;
Praful G. Bhaidasna, Santa Clara, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for deployment and upgrade of network devices in a network environment includes receiving (for example, at a switch being activated in the network environment), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) information (for example, from a DHCP server in the network environment). The DHCP information includes a filename and location of a script file. The method further includes downloading the script file from a script server in the network environment and executing the script file. Executing the script file includes copying a configuration file and one or more software images to a memory element of the switch, where the configuration file includes configuration settings relevant to at least a switch identity, and a switch location in the network environment, installing the software images on the switch, rebooting the switch, applying configuration settings from the configuration file to the software images, and saving the configuration file to the memory element.