Content Switch Management via Universal Configuration Translation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing large network systems with geographically distributed data centers and diverse content switching devices is complicated due to the need for complex configuration management across different device types and locations, which existing technologies struggle to address effectively.
Innovation Solution
A configuration management system generates device-specific configuration files for content switching devices, allowing administrators to securely manage and configure devices across multiple data centers, using APIs and templates to ensure consistency and efficiency in routing and data retrieval processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If diverse content switching devices are deployed across multiple data centers, then system coverage and data retrieval capability are improved, but configuration management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal configuration management system that can manage multiple types of content switching devices (different makes and models) across various data centers through a single interface. The system translates high-level configuration parameters into device-specific configurations, allowing one configuration file to manage diverse devices uniformly, thereby improving system coverage without proportionally increasing management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The configuration management system acts as an intermediary between administrators and diverse content switching devices. It receives high-level configuration requests, translates them into device-specific configurations, and pushes them to appropriate devices. This intermediary layer abstracts the complexity of managing different device types, allowing administrators to manage diverse devices without directly dealing with each device's specific configuration syntax and requirements.
2Ease of operation
If manual configuration management is used for each device, then device-specific control is maintained, but time consumption and operational efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-translating high-level configuration parameters into device-specific configurations before deployment. The configuration management system validates and prepares configurations in advance, pushing them to multiple devices simultaneously. This preliminary processing eliminates the need for manual, device-by-device configuration during deployment, significantly reducing configuration time while maintaining precise control over each device's specific settings.
3Manufacturing precision
If device-specific configuration files are created for each device type, then configuration accuracy is improved, but configuration creation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates templates based on common configuration patterns across device types. Once a configuration template is established for a particular device type or configuration scenario, it can be copied and adapted for similar devices. The configuration management system automatically translates and adapts these templates into device-specific configurations, ensuring accuracy while eliminating the need to manually create unique configurations for each device, thereby reducing configuration creation complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments disclose a system and method to manage a configuration of a plurality of content switching devices in a networked system by generating a first configuration data file and translating the first configuration data file into one or more device specific configuration data files. Each device specific configuration data file corresponds to a device type of the plurality of content switching devices. Some embodiments of the system and method then communicate the one or more device specific configuration data files to each of the plurality of content switching devices of a corresponding device type to configure each content switching device. Other systems and methods are disclosed.