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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
David J. Miedema, Ottawa, CA;
Michael Watford, Kanata, CA;
Xiaoqing HU, Kanata, CA;
Ross Caird, Kanata, CA;
Rodd Lamarche, Ottawa, CA;
Zenon Slodki, Ottawa, CA;
David J. Miedema, Ottawa, CA;
Michael Watford, Kanata, CA;
Xiaoqing Hu, Kanata, CA;
Ross Caird, Kanata, CA;
Rodd Lamarche, Ottawa, CA;
Zenon Slodki, Ottawa, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A method includes automatically detecting an association between members based on their relationship to one another; sharing topology and cluster information between the members; and determining roles for each member, based on the topology and cluster information and rules, wherein the roles are used to automatically provision at least one resource on each member, without user intervention. A method of configuring network devices sharing a pool of available resources is also described, wherein the network devices have management connectivity between one another through a plurality of point-to-point connections. The method includes, after a point-to-point connection in the management connectivity is formed based on cabling of associated network devices, determining a resource index number for each of the associated network devices; and uniquely assigning the resources from the pool to each of the network devices based on their respective resource index number.