Patent ID: 7249170
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for configuring a network device that includes a local configuration record, wherein the local configuration record is in a format that is understandable to the network device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a network-condition notification, wherein the network-condition notification is indicative of a network condition; determining a response to the network condition notification; searching a common repository for a central configuration record corresponding to the network device, wherein the central configuration record is one of a plurality of configuration records stored in the common repository, each of the plurality of configuration records uniquely, substantially and generically representing a local configuration of a corresponding one of the plurality of network devices; retrieving, in response to the determined response to the network condition, the central configuration record from the common repository of configuration records, the central configuration record uniquely, substantially and generically representing the local configuration record of the network device; modifying the central configuration record in accordance with the determined response to the network condition so as to generate a modified central configuration record; storing the modified central configuration record in the common repository; generating at least one device-specific command corresponding to the modified central configuration record, wherein the device-specific command is in a format that is native to the network device wherein generating the at least one device-specific command comprises: transferring the generated at least one device-specific command via a network to the network device, wherein the device-specific command includes at least one instruction to change the local configuration record of the network device such that a modification in the central configuration record is reflected in a modification to the local configuration record, which enables the network device to assist in responding to the network condition.