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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Chris Riggins, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Steven Berl, Piedmont, CA (US);
Dirk Anteunis, Fayence, FR;
Arnold Stamler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chris Riggins, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Steven Berl, Piedmont, CA (US);
Dirk Anteunis, Fayence, FR;
Arnold Stamler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of automatically configuring a port of a network element comprises the steps of discovering information that identifies or describes a second network element that is coupled to a port of a first network element; associating the port with a port role definition selected from a plurality of port role definitions based on the discovered information; retrieving one or more configuration settings that are associated with the selected port role definition; and applying the one or more configuration settings to the port.