Patent ID: 11902089
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An automated networking device replacement system, comprising:
a chassis;
a management module that is located in the chassis and that provides a first configuration source; and
a fabric services subsystem that is provided in the chassis, that provides a second configuration source that is different than the first configuration source provided by the management module, and that is coupled to the management module, wherein the fabric services subsystem is configured to:
identify that a first networking device has been provided in the chassis;
determine that the first networking device is a replacement for a second networking device in a networking fabric;
determine, in response to determining that the first networking device is a replacement for the second networking device in the networking fabric, one of a full switch role for the first networking device that configures the first networking device to perform switching operations on data, or a fabric switch role for the first networking device that configures the first networking device to perform pass-through operations with a peer networking device having the full switch role;
automatically identify, based on the full switch role or the fabric switch role that was determined for the first networking device, at least one fabric-services-based configuration that was provided by the management module to the fabric services subsystem for provisioning on the second networking device and that was performed on the second networking device;
automatically perform, in response to identifying the at least one fabric-services-based configuration, the at least one fabric-services-based configuration on the first networking device in order to configure the first networking device with an operating mode, a server configuration, and an uplink configuration that were configured on the second networking device; and
transmit, in response to automatically performing the at least one fabric-services-based configuration on the first networking device, a management-module-based configuration instruction to the management module that is configured to cause the management module to automatically perform at least one management-module-based configuration on the first networking device that was performed on the second networking device in order to configure the first networking device with at least one Internet Protocol (IP) address and at least one username and password combination that were configured on the second networking device, wherein the networking fabric is configured to resume operation following the performance of the at least one fabric-services-based configuration and the at least one management-module-based configuration on the first networking device.