Network Data Configuration Mode Switching via Global Hub
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Solution Overview
Problem
The inefficiency in network data configuration due to the need for multiple level-by-level mode switch operations between different configuration modes in network devices, which impacts configuration efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A network data configuration method and system that allows direct switching between the global configuration mode and any underlying configuration mode, or between configuration modes, by establishing logic channels and verifying user permissions, thereby reducing the number of mode switch operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If level-by-level mode switch operations are used to maintain hierarchical configuration structure, then configuration structure integrity is preserved, but configuration efficiency deteriorates due to multiple intermediate switch operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a global configuration mode as an intermediary layer that enables direct switching between any configuration modes (e.g., from interface configuration mode to routing configuration mode) without requiring level-by-level navigation. This intermediary global mode acts as a hub that simplifies the switching path, reducing the number of intermediate mode switch operations while maintaining the hierarchical structure integrity.
2Productivity
If direct switching between configuration modes is implemented to improve configuration efficiency, then mode switch operations are reduced, but system reliability may deteriorate due to potential permission errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary permission verification when entering the global configuration mode. The system checks whether the current user has authorization to access the global configuration mode before allowing direct switching to other configuration modes. This preliminary check ensures that permission verification is performed once at the entry point, rather than repeatedly during each mode switch operation, thereby maintaining system reliability while enabling efficient direct switching.
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AI summary
The disclosure provides a network data configuration method and a network data configuration system. The network data configuration method includes the following steps: when receiving a configuration command that instructs configuring data for a network device, the network data configuration system enters a global configuration mode; when receiving in the global configuration mode a mode switch command that instructs switching to a first configuration mode, the network data configuration system switches directly from the global configuration mode to the first configuration mode, wherein the first configuration mode is any configuration mode under the global configuration mode; when receiving in the first configuration mode a mode switch command that instructs switching to a second configuration mode, the network data configuration system exits from the first configuration mode and switching directly to the second configuration mode, wherein the second configuration mode is the global configuration mode or any configuration mode under the global configuration mode. The application of the disclosure can effectively reduce mode switch operations in the process of network data configuration and improve the configuration efficiency of network data.