Method and apparatus providing role-based configuration of a...

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Peripheral configuration

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C710S010000, C710S011000, C710S014000, C710S062000

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10681548

ABSTRACT:
A method of automatically configuring a port of a network element comprises the steps of discovering information that identifies or describes a second network element that is coupled to a port of a first network element; associating the port with a port role definition selected from a plurality of port role definitions based on the discovered information; retrieving one or more configuration settings that are associated with the selected port role definition; and applying the one or more configuration settings to the port.

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