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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2015
Abb Technology Ag, Zürich, CH;
Christian Messinger, Hirschberg a.d. Bergstraße, DE;
Philipp Vorst, Mannheim, DE;
Georg Gutermuth, Heidelberg, DE;
Wolfgang Mahnke, Hettenleidelheim, DE;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A configuration management device for vendor-independent network device configuration includes a network interface unit for communicating with network devices over a communications network and a data storage unit. The network interface unit can include a unified device network interface and a device-specific driver unit, where the unified device network interface can: retrieve a device profile; to identify a network device which belongs to a network device type corresponding to the device profile; retrieve information on a device-specific configuration protocol to be used during configuration of the network device; and download values for the vendor-independent configuration parameters to the network device.