Patent ID: 8271626
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for mass configuration of a plurality of network appliances, the method comprising: displaying, to a user, configuration data associated with each of the plurality of network appliances, the configuration data including at least one parameter applicable to every network appliance of the plurality of network appliances; receiving an update for the configuration data from the user, the update specifying a new value for the at least one parameter; receiving a plurality of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) communications from the plurality of network appliances, each of the plurality of HTTP communications respectively corresponding to a network appliance of the plurality of network appliances; and transmitting, respectively in response to receiving each of the plurality of HTTP communications, update information specifying the new value of the at least one parameter to a corresponding network appliance of the plurality of network appliances using at least one of a ping, HTTP GET and HTTP POST.