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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2005
Yassin Movassaghi, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sukumar Puvvala, Bangalore, IN;
C. Michael Letchworth, Cary, NC (US);
Kapil Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Neal Mcdonnell, Worcester, GB;
David Ward, Somerset, WI (US);
Yassin Movassaghi, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sukumar Puvvala, Bangalore, IN;
C. Michael Letchworth, Cary, NC (US);
Kapil Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Neal McDonnell, Worcester, GB;
David Ward, Somerset, WI (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Configuration versioning and partitioning are provided as methods for managing large configuration for a network element such as a router or switch. In one aspect, a method performed in a network element, the network element comprising a plurality of software components that control operations and features of the network element, wherein operations and features of the network element are defined in part by a configuration, comprises creating and storing one or more configuration partition namespaces each comprising a version identifier and one or more configuration tuples; associating one or more of the configuration partition namespaces in a configuration partition; associating one of the software components and the one or more configuration partition namespaces; and creating and storing information identifying one of the software components, its associated configuration partition namespaces, and the version identifier of each of the configuration partition namespaces.