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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Ramanathan Kavasseri, Fremont, CA (US);
Sankha Basu, Calcutta, IN;
Praveen Joshi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shankar Natarajan, Fremont, CA (US);
Ramanathan Kavasseri, Fremont, CA (US);
Sankha Basu, Calcutta, IN;
Praveen Joshi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shankar Natarajan, Fremont, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are disclosed for determining differences in the configuration states of network devices. Context-sensitive diffs are produced by comparing two configuration files of a network device. According to some aspects of the invention, the context of each command is preserved in a 'programmatic' format that is usable by a network element such as a router. In some aspects of the invention, only commands at a corresponding hierarchical level of the configuration files are compared when producing a diff, in order to increase accuracy and efficiency.