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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2006
Andrew Harvey, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ikramullah Mohammad, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Leo Pereira, Fremont, CA (US);
Tohru Kao, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Harvey, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ikramullah Mohammad, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Leo Pereira, Fremont, CA (US);
Tohru Kao, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and an apparatus are disclosed for carrying out automatic network device provisioning and configuration. A configuration service receives a request from a network device to provide configuration information. The configuration service retrieves a template describing the device configuration, where the template associates one symbolic reference to one parameter that may receive values specific to particular devices. Based at least on the symbolic reference and the request, the configuration service retrieves a value of the parameter that is specific to the network device. A device-specific instance of the configuration information is created and stored based at least one the template and the value of the parameter. The configuration information is stored in XML format and conforms to an XML DTD.