Patent ID: 9331902
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: at a network management computer, receiving a first command that selects a first group of two or more devices consisting of routers, switches, wireless access points, or firewall devices; for at least each network device in the first group of devices, sending a seed command, from the network management computer to a particular device; in response to sending the seed command, receiving a list of commands supported by the particular device; building a command base of commands in real time by determining a set of commands, wherein each command of the set of commands is associated with all devices in the first group of devices; exposing the set of commands in the command base that are common to all devices in the first group of devices to enable the network management computer to avoid errors from incompatible commands being individually applied to at least one device in the first group; receiving a particular command associated with at least one command from the command base; performing at least one management operation associated with the at least one command from the command base on each device in the first group of devices; wherein the management operation is compatible with any device in the first group of devices.