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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Swamy J. Mandavilli, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Damian Horner, Belfast, IE;
Anil A. Kuriakose, Kottayam, IN;
Sunil Menon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard David Lamb, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Andrew Walding, Plano, TX (US);
Joseph M. Odenwald, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Swamy J. Mandavilli, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Damian Horner, Belfast, IE;
Anil A. Kuriakose, Kottayam, IN;
Sunil Menon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard David Lamb, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Andrew Walding, Plano, TX (US);
Joseph M. Odenwald, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for managing network nodes, such as the nodes of a network, which communicate via connectivity services of a service provider. An exemplary method includes discovering status and configuration information for each set of nodes grouped by the service provider; and assigning a name to each set of nodes.