Network equipment configuration method, client, server and network system

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, client, server and network system for configuring a network device, belonging to the field of network communication. The method includes: receiving a configuration submit request sent by the client and buffering configuration information in the configuration submit request; submitting the configuration information into a candidate data set which operates the configuration information to be effective in an operating configuration data set; updating a basic data set based on the current operating configuration data set when there is a configuration conflict; acquiring the buffered configuration information, re-executing the buffered configuration information in the new basic data set and operating the same to be effective in the operating configuration data set; and returning the execution result to the client. The present invention fulfils the demands of multiuser concurrent configuration, improves the concurrence degree of multiuser operation, and solves the problem in the prior art of low user concurrence degree and deadlock caused by the processing method of overall locking or partial locking.

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Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of network communication, in particular to a method for configuring network equipment, a client, a server and a network system. Background technique [0002] Configuring network equipment refers to configuring network equipment such as switches and routers to meet users' networking needs and ensure smooth network communication. NETCONF (Network Configuration Protocol, network configuration protocol) is a set of mechanisms for managing network devices. Users use this mechanism to obtain configuration and status information of network devices, and to add, modify, and delete network devices. The client sends a configuration request to the server and submits configuration information. After the server receives the configuration information sent by the client, the server submits the configuration information to the candidate data set, which is the running configuration data set when the user sends the configuration requ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] When configuring network devices, it often happens that multiple users configure at the same time. When these users operate the running configuration data set of the same device at the same time, after one of the users configures successfully, the running configuration data set changes, while the other The candidate data set when the user submits the configuration is still the same as the running configuration data set before the change. At this time, when the candidate data set takes effect to run the configuration data set, the candidate data set is the same as the current running configuration data that has changed. The set does not match, the semantic check of the previous configuration information on the original candidate data set is invalid, resulting in a configuration conflict

[0004] In order to avoid configuration conflicts caused by multiple users configuring at the same time, the existing technology adopts an overall lock or a partial lock to avoid configuration conflicts, but whether it is locking the entire running configuration data set or locking the running configuration data set that needs to be protected in this operation Data sets, all make other clients unable to operate the locked data sets, resulting in configuration conflicts, reducing the concurrency of multi-user operations on the device, so that different users cannot configure at the same time; at the same time, when multiple users use partial locks at the same time to lock the same A data set is prone to deadlock problems

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