Allison R Marks

US Patent:

8279874, Oct 2, 2012

Filed:

Jun 29, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/772031

Inventors:

Zihong Lu - Cupertino CA, US
Nick Suizo - San Jose CA, US
Raj Nagarajan - Newark CA, US
Anil Villait - Saratoga CA, US
Wolfgang M. Lochner - Sunnyvale CA, US
Jeff Ronne - Cupertino CA, US
Sandra Yu - San Francisco CA, US
Prabhat Tripathi - San Jose CA, US
Suresh Ramamurthy - Santa Clara CA, US
Raju Koganty - San Jose CA, US
Allison Marks - Sunnyvale CA, US
Yasar Khan - Sunnyvale CA, US
Govind raj Desur - Cupertino CA, US

Assignee:

Extreme Networks, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H04L 12/28

US Classification:

3703952

Abstract:

A self-configuring network comprises network devices that are automatically provisioned with appropriate network resources upon the occurrence of a network event. A profile containing one or more commands to provision a network device with appropriate network resources is deployed to selected connecting devices. The selected connecting devices are targeted for deployment based on the network device and/or port groups to which they belong as determined from a network management system. The profile is bound to the selected connecting devices and affected ports as well as the network events that will trigger execution of the profile on the devices where they are deployed. A graphical user interface and profile information database may be used to facilitate managing the profiles, targeted devices/ports and associated network events.