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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2004
Joseph F. Lennert, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Bill Retzner, Wheaton, IL (US);
Monica G. Rodgers, Naperville, IL (US);
Bernard G. Ruel, Naperville, IL (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Naperville, IL (US);
Paul D. Wolfson, Skokie, IL (US);
Joseph F. Lennert, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Bill Retzner, Wheaton, IL (US);
Monica G. Rodgers, Naperville, IL (US);
Bernard G. Ruel, Naperville, IL (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Naperville, IL (US);
Paul D. Wolfson, Skokie, IL (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A failure of a network element is detected automatically. A bootable image of the network element is electronically retrieved upon detection of the failure of the network element. The bootable image is employed to restore the network element.