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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2017
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Cheng Peng, Nepean, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A method of low or zero touch provisioning of a network element over an unnumbered interface includes, subsequent to booting up, communicating to a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Relay Agent from the unnumbered interface; downloading a configuration through the DHCP Relay Agent over the unnumbered interface; and configuring the network element based on the downloaded configuration. The unnumbered interface can be one of an Ethernet point-to-point interface and an Optical Service Channel (OSC) interface and an overhead channel on optical port, and wherein the unnumbered interface does not have an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
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