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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
Ariff Premji, Redmond, WA (US);
Andre Henri Joseph Pech, San Francisco, CA (US);
Douglas Alan Gourlay, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ariff Premji, Redmond, WA (US);
Andre Henri Joseph Pech, San Francisco, CA (US);
Douglas Alan Gourlay, San Francisco, CA (US);
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions, which, when executed by a processor, perform a method on a network device. The method includes receiving, from a configuration server, a master configuration script that includes an instruction set, a network topology for network devices, and a dictionary. The dictionary includes network device specific configuration scripts for the network devices. The method also includes executing the instruction set on the network device to configure the network device. Executing the instruction set includes obtaining link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) information for the network device, determining a most common interface (MCI) connected to the network device using the LLDP information, determining a network device identity using the MCI, obtaining, from the dictionary, a network device specific configuration script for the network device based on the network device identity, and executing the network device specific configuration script to configure the network device.