Patent ID: 6571286
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
The method for operating a network having a plurality of devices, said method comprising the steps of:adding a plurality of network resources to a plurality of homogenous resource pools, wherein each of said network resources is a set of values that may be assumed by a configuration parameter associated wit one of said devices, including: MAC, IP and ATM addresses, ELAN names or host names, and wherein all network resources in each one of said plurality of homogenous resource pools conforms to a particular classification; determining whether or not a selected network resource of a particular classification is available by determining said selected network resource's membership within a particular one of said plurality of homogenous resource pools; in response to said selected network resource being available, assigning said selected network resource to said configuration parameter; and thereafter, operating said network in conformity with said assignment.