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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2002
Wayne Cannon, Petaluma, CA (US);
S. Daniel James, Herndon, VA (US);
Sean Mountcastle, Herndon, VA (US);
Anita Recharla, Herndon, VA (US);
Rich Verjinski, Herndon, VA (US);
Rudy Zulkarnain, Herndon, VA (US);
Wayne Cannon, Petaluma, CA (US);
S. Daniel James, Herndon, VA (US);
Sean Mountcastle, Herndon, VA (US);
Anita Recharla, Herndon, VA (US);
Rich Verjinski, Herndon, VA (US);
Rudy Zulkarnain, Herndon, VA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for managing network elements in a network are provided. A network element dependent module is utilized to provide functions for managing a specific type of network element. The network element dependent module can be for a network element type and software version. The network element application can manage new network elements, even those with new features, without requiring an update to the network management application.