Patent ID: 9191281
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network management method performed by a first network access device, comprising: the first network device causing a second network access device to configure itself, wherein the second network device is directly connected to the first network access device by only a point-to-point connection and the causing step comprises: creating a data link layer protocol data unit (DLLPDU); and transmitting, from the first network device to the second network device, the data link layer protocol data unit, wherein: (a) the data link layer protocol data unit includes information identifying a configuration setting, and (b) the data link layer protocol data unit is configured to cause the second network device to execute one or more configuration instructions to achieve the identified configuration setting, wherein the data link layer protocol data unit is a local-link message, the step of causing the second network access device to configure itself comprises causing the second network access device to execute one or more of: i) a VLAN queuing command, and ii) a VLAN snooping command, the data link layer protocol data unit is an Ethernet protocol data unit (EPDU) having a media access control (MAC) destination address field, a type field, and a sub-type field, the MAC destination address field is set to a link local MAC address, the type field is set to a value indicating that the EPDU is a slow protocol frame, the sub-type field is set to a first predetermined value, a code field within the EPDU is set to a second predetermined value, and the combination of the value of the sub-type field and the value of the code field indicates that the local-link message is a configuration message.