Patent ID: 11863377
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method for discovering network interface roles, comprising:
obtaining, by a management system from a switch that includes a switch network interface that was previously configured with at least one switch network parameter:
adjacent computer network interface information that identifies a computer network interface that is connected to the switch network interface and that was previously configured with at least one computer network interface parameter; and
at least one of:
a switch network interface operation property; and
a switch network interface Virtual Local Area Network Identifier VLAN ID;
obtaining, by the management system, a network parameter/network interface role blueprint that includes a network interface data transmission role that is not associated with a network interface and that identifies a data type that should be transmitted by network interfaces that are configured with network parameters that match at least one of:
a blueprint network interface operation property that is included in the network parameter/network interface role blueprint and that corresponds to the network interface data transmission role;
a blueprint VLAN ID that is included in the network parameter/network interface role blueprint and that corresponds to the network interface data transmission role; and
determining, by the management system using the adjacent computer network interface information, a computer network interface that was previously configured with the at least one computer network interface parameter and that is connected to the switch network interface;
matching, by the management system, at least one of the blueprint network interface operation property and the blueprint VLAN ID with each of 1) the at least one computer network interface parameter, and 2) at least one of the switch network interface operation property and the switch network interface VLAN ID;
assigning, by the management system, the network interface data transmission role identified in the network parameter/network interface role blueprint to each of the switch network interface and the computer network interface based on the at least one blueprint network interface operation property and the blueprint VLAN ID matching with each of 1) the at least one computer network interface parameter, and 2) at least one of the switch network interface operation property and the switch network interface VLAN ID, wherein the assigning the network interface data transmission role to each of the switch network interface and the computer network interface allows the switch network interface and the computer network interface to begin transmitting the data type defined by the network interface data transmission role; and
configuring, by the management system, a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) included in a computer system that includes the computer network interface to use the computer network interface according to the network interface data transmission role.