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

Claim 0:
1. A method for configuring network interface roles, comprising:
obtaining, by a management system, a network parameter/network interface role blueprint that includes:
at least one blueprint network parameter; and
a corresponding 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 the at least one blueprint network parameter;

obtaining, by the management system from a switch that includes a switch network interface that was previously configured with at least one switch network parameter, the at least one switch network parameter and adjacent computer network interface information;
determining, by the management system using the adjacent computer network interface information, a computer network interface that was previously configured with at least one computer network interface parameters and that is connected to the switch network interface;
matching, by the management system, the at least one blueprint network parameter included in the network parameter/network interface role blueprint with each of the at least one switch network parameter and the at least one computer network interface parameter;
assigning, by the management system based on the matching of the at least one blueprint network parameter included in the network parameter/network interface role blueprint with each of the at least one switch network parameter and the at least one computer network interface parameter, the network interface data transmission role to the switch network interface and the computer network interface such that the switch network interface and the computer network interface may 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.