Patent ID: 7474632

Claim:
A method for automatically configuring routing devices in a network data processing system, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of: identifying a routing change in the network data processing system; responsive to identifying the routing change, generating a node topology for a set of routing devices present in the network data processing system, wherein generating a node topology includes receiving a child message from a particular routing device in the routing devices, wherein responsive to receiving the child message a parent message is returned to the particular routing device, wherein responsive to receiving the child message from the routing device the particular routing device is added to the node topology and wherein child messages are sent in response to the routing devices receiving a reset message; building a master network configuration table at a routing device within the set of routing devices, wherein the network configuration table contains configuration data from the routing devices in the node topology; and broadcasting the master network configuration table to the routing devices in the network data processing system.