Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for determining a network topology during network provisioning
- Patent Title (中): 在网络配置期间确定网络拓扑的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13594393Application Date: 2012-08-24
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Publication No.: US09032054B2Publication Date: 2015-05-12
- Inventor: Amit Shukla , Arthi Ayyangar
- Applicant: Amit Shukla , Arthi Ayyangar
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Cooley LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/177
- IPC: G06F15/177 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/931

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a provisioning instruction including a device identifier from an external management entity, receiving the device identifier from a network device, associating the provisioning instruction the network device, and sending a portion of the provisioning instruction to the network device. The device identifier being associated with a virtual resource. The associating is based on the device identifier of the virtual resource and a device identifier of a network device. The portion of the provisioning instruction is sent to the network device based on the associating.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120320795A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A NETWORK TOPOLOGY DURING NETWORK PROVISIONING Public/Granted day:2012-12-20
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