Patent ID: 7043629
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of maintaining user-defined state information during a reboot event in a network device, said network device comprising at least one of a router and a switch, the method comprising the steps of: running a reboot event script on the network device, the reboot event script containing intelligence enabling the script to ascertain a nature of the reboot event; selectively applying a portion of the reboot event script according to the ascertained nature of the reboot event; and selectively preserving at least a portion of the user-defined state information during the reboot event, said user-defined state information comprising customer defined settings and customer input configuration information, wherein the reboot event script contains scripted state information, and wherein the step of selectively preserving at least a portion of the user-defined state information includes detecting a conflict between the scripted state information and the user-defined state information.