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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph White, San Jose, CA (US);
Gunes Aybay, Los Altos, CA (US);
Predrag Spasic, Rocklin, CA (US);
Murali Vemula, Fremont, CA (US);
Ravi Shekhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Quaizar Vohra, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jainendra Kumar, Fremont, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a network management module to store a network configuration file. The network configuration file having a binding association with an identifier of a port from a plurality of ports of a switch fabric when the network management module is in a first configuration. The network management module selects the network configuration file based on the binding association with the identifier if the port in response to an access switch being operatively coupled to the port. The network configuration file having a binding association with an identifier of the access switch when the network management module is in a second configuration. The network management module selects the network configuration file based on the binding association with the identifier of the access switch in response to the access switch being operatively coupled to the port.