Patent ID: 9152522
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a network managed device in a network, the network managed device under the control of a network management server in the network, the method comprising: determining a fallback configuration that is identified as a configuration that enables the network managed device to be manageable; determining a working configuration described by a working set of configuration data updated based on a management command received from the network management server; saving the working configuration as a running configuration; initiating a verification of the running configuration; determining whether the verification of the running configuration is successful; where the verification of the running configuration is unsuccessful, using the fallback configuration to determine whether the unsuccessful verification of the running configuration is a false indication, by; determining whether a verification of the fallback configuration is successful; if the verification of the fallback configuration is unsuccessful, determining that the unsuccessful verification of the running configuration is a false indication; and if the verification of the fallback configuration is successful, determining that the unsuccessful verification of the running configuration is not a false indication; in response to a determination that the unsuccessful verification of the running configuration is not a false indication, saving the running configuration as a failed configuration; and replacing, by the network managed device, the running configuration with the fallback configuration.