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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2016
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Anshul Sadana, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ashwin Kohli, Forest Hills, NY (US);
Lincoln Travis Dale, Mountain View, CA (US);
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of a device that updates boot images of a network segment of a network is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives a configuration point for the network segment, where the network segment includes a heterogeneous mix of a plurality of network elements. For each of the plurality of network elements in the network segment, the device identifies a boot image for that network element corresponding to the configuration point and updates the network element. The boot image for a network element includes the software that network element runs and a configuration of this software.