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Method for configuring network appliance, network appliance and network system

A technology for network equipment and configuration information, applied in the field of communication, can solve the problems of high information redundancy, low configuration efficiency, unsuccessful configuration, etc., and achieve the effect of reducing configuration codes, reducing information redundancy, and improving configuration efficiency

Active Publication Date: 2008-12-10
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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[0007] First: When configuring network devices, even if the configurations that are often delivered are similar, the information transmitted between the management user and the configured network devices is basically the same in each configuration, and each configuration needs to be sent to the network device Completely includes the configuration text of configuration actions, configuration parameters, etc., resulting in high redundancy of information transmitted between management users and network devices, and low configuration efficiency
[0008] Second: Every time a network device is configured, there are often many interactions between the management user (client) and the network device, and the configuration efficiency is not high
[0009] Third: Management users cannot configure according to the latest configuration information on network devices, and the success rate of configuration cannot be guaranteed
However, since there is a certain time interval between the management user reading the configuration information and the specific configuration operation of the network device, when the network device performs specific configuration operations according to the delivered configuration results, the current actual configuration information will be different from the configuration results. The underlying configuration information may have changed, causing the specific configuration to be unsuccessful, and the result of the unsuccessful configuration cannot be predicted by the management user
[0010] Although, in order to prevent the occurrence of the above-mentioned problems, after the network device reports the configuration information to the management user, the reported configuration information can be locked (not allowed to be modified), so as to ensure that the network device performs specific operations according to the issued configuration results. During the configuration operation, the current actual configuration information is consistent with the configuration information based on the configuration result, which is conducive to improving the success rate of configuration, but the locking operation will reduce the operating efficiency of the network device itself. The lock will also introduce new problems: it is inconvenient for other management users to configure the configuration information

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[0035] figure 2 It is a schematic flowchart of a method for configuring a network device provided in this embodiment. As shown in the figure, the method includes:

[0036] Step 201: The network device receives the configuration information issued by the management user.

[0037] The network device receives the configuration information sent by the management user: when the management user needs to configure the network device, it can send the configuration information including: the configuration template ID to be called, configuration parameters and other information to the network device.

[0038] For network systems based on the NETCONF protocol, management users can, but are not limited to, use XML text, or XSLT text, or XML query language (also known as XQuery language, a new query language for XML-based tagged document content in files and databases) , or other XML-based texts to deliver the configuration information.

[0039] Step 202: The network device searches loc...

Embodiment 2

[0048] In this embodiment, the method for configuring a network device described in Embodiment 1 is further described in detail by using a configuration template using XSLT as an example.

[0049] Since XSLT supports flexible logical operations such as traversal, judgment, extraction, and conversion of configuration data, the configuration template using XSLT can contain configuration logic, which can implement some logical operations of configuration on network devices. Management users only need to submit The network device only needs to deliver the corresponding configuration logic. for example:

[0050] The current management user needs to configure the following network devices: Delete the configurations with IP addresses 10.111.64.21 and 10.111.64.22 in the Ethernet interface (Ethernet).

[0051] Stored on the network device is a configuration template whose file name (can be used as a file identifier) ​​is: undoip.xslt, and the specific script text of the configuration...

Embodiment 3

[0118] This embodiment continues to use the configuration template using XSLT as an example to further describe the method for configuring a network device described in Embodiment 1 in detail.

[0119] The difference from Embodiment 2 is that the configuration template using XSLT in this embodiment may not include configuration logic, and the specific configuration logic may be carried by the management user when delivering configuration information. for example:

[0120] The current management user needs to perform the following network device configuration: Batch delete users whose user group is in admin but whose name is not fred.

[0121] A configuration template whose file name (can be used as a file identifier) ​​is stored on the network device is: delusers.xslt, and the specific script text of the configuration template can be as follows:

[0122]

[0123] <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"

[0124] xmlns:xsl="http: / / www.w3.org / 1999 / XSL / Transform"

[0125] xmlns:fo="htt...

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Abstract

The invention relates to the communication field, the embodiment of the invention discloses a method for configuration of a network apparatus, a network apparatus and a network system; the method comprises that the network apparatus receives configuration information which comprises: a configuration template identification needed to be invoked and configuration parameters; the network apparatus invokes a locally pre-stored configuration template identified by the configuration template identification, and substitutes the configuration parameters to configures the network apparatus; wherein the configuration template uses the configuration template based on XML. By applying the technical proposal of the embodiment, the configuration codes, which are needed to be sent at each configuration, are reduced, information redundancy of interaction between a management user and the network apparatus at each configuration is lessened, and it is advantageous for advancing configuration efficiency of the network apparatus.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the communication field, in particular to a method for configuring network equipment, network equipment and a network system. Background technique [0002] Network Configuration Protocol (NETCOF for short) is a protocol based on Extensible Markup Language (XML for short) for providing configuration installation, maintenance, and deletion mechanism management of network devices. NETCOF uses XML data to encapsulate configuration data, and implements corresponding NETCOF operations through simple Remote Procedure Call (RPC for short). [0003] The prior art uses NETCOF to configure network devices, and generally adopts the following configuration process for each configuration: [0004] The management user at the client sends XML text to the network device to be configured, requesting to read the information on the network device, and the network device reports the required information to the management user according to ...

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IPC IPC(8): H04L12/24H04L29/06
CPCH04L41/0266H04L41/0813H04L41/0843H04L67/02
Inventor 纪晓峰
Owner HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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