Unified Schema for Heterogeneous Network Device Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
In existing network systems, network administrators face inefficiencies in managing diverse network devices due to the need for separate operational commands and resource-intensive schema storage, leading to data transmission and storage challenges.
Innovation Solution
A centralized management system that merges network management device schema commands into a unified schema, allowing a network controller to send unified operational commands to multiple devices through a unified interface, reducing data transmission and storage requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If separate operational commands are generated for each network device, then each device can be configured individually, but the time and effort required for network administration increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple device-specific schema commands into a single unified schema that can be applied across multiple network devices simultaneously. This consolidation allows administrators to issue one command that affects multiple devices, directly reducing the time and effort required for network administration while maintaining individual device configurability.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified schema serves as a universal interface that can manage multiple types of network devices through a single command structure. This multi-functional approach enables the same schema to work across different device types and vendors, eliminating the need for separate configuration procedures for each device.
2Reliability
If schemas from each network device are stored separately, then complete device information is available, but resource consumption and data transmission requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple device-specific schemas into a single unified schema that consolidates management commands and data structures. This merging reduces the total volume of data that needs to be transmitted and stored, lowering resource consumption while preserving all necessary device information through the unified structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified schema serves as a universal data structure that can represent multiple network devices simultaneously, eliminating the need to maintain separate schema copies for each device. This universal approach reduces memory usage and data transmission requirements while maintaining complete device information accessibility.
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AI summary
Apparatus and methods described herein relate to an apparatus including a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory. The processor can receive a set of network management device packages associated with a set of network management devices. The processor can merge a set of management device schema commands from the set of network management device packages with a unified schema to produce unified schema information. The processor can receive a unified schema command signal based on the unified schema information, and can convert the unified schema command signal into a set of management device schema command signals using the unified schema. The processor can also send each management device schema command signal from the set of management device schema commands, to network management devices.