Patent ID: 9596137
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a network management module, implemented in at least one of hardware or a non-transitory processor-readable medium, configured to select a first network configuration file, the first network configuration file having a binding association with an identifier of a first port from a plurality of ports of a first device when the network management module is in a first configuration, the network management module configured to select the first network configuration file based on the binding association with the identifier of the first port in response to a second device being operatively coupled to the first port of the first device during a first time period, the first network configuration file having a binding association with an identifier of the second device when the network management module is in a second configuration, the network management module configured to select the first network configuration file based on the binding association with the identifier of the second device in response to the second device being operatively coupled to a second port from the plurality of ports of the first device, the network management module configured to select the first network configuration file in response to a third device being operatively coupled to the first port during a second time period when during the second time period the network management module is in the first configuration, the network management module configured to select a second network configuration file in response to the first port being operatively coupled to the third device when during the second time period the network management module is in the second configuration.