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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Srikumar Chari, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jason Yansheng Jiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Yongming Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Srikumar Chari, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jason Yansheng Jiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Yongming Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for configuring and managing policy configuration associated with a plurality of interfaces of a plurality of devices in a network are provided. This method is executable in a processing system. The processing system includes a processor coupled to a display and user input device. The method comprises displaying an icon corresponding to a device in the network, a plurality of interface indicia associated with traffic flow through the device policy-related information of devices in a network, and, a pair of traffic indicia that indicate a direction of traffic flow with respect to the plurality of interface indicia and the icon. A signal is then accepted from the user input device to indicate selection of an interface indicium. Finally, the policy information of an interface associated with the interface indicium is displayed in accordance with a direction of traffic flow in response to the signal from the user input device.