System and method for unified configuration of network equipment

Abstract

The invention discloses a system and a method for unified configuration of network equipment, and mainly solves the problems of huge workload and the lack of security function for configuring the network equipment in the prior configuration method. A self-designed command set is used for the unified configuration of network equipment from different factories and in different models. The system mainly comprises a server, an agent and the network equipment, wherein the server is loaded with a command event acquisition plug-in, a reply event acquisition plug-in, an event format extension plug-in, a scene analysis plug-in, an event response plug-in, an equipment information file, a command conversion information file and a command conversion rule file. The elf-designed command is converted into a special command which can be executed in the target network equipment by the server, and forwarded to the network equipment for execution through the agent, and after execution, the output information of the network equipment is transmitted to the agent for processing and then returned to the server. The system and the method have the advantages of convenient centralized and unified configuration of the network equipment, and can be widely applied in the field of computer network management.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of computer network management, relates to the configuration of network equipment, and can be used for centralized and unified management of network equipment of different manufacturers and models. Background technique [0002] Since the birth of network devices, people have been configuring and managing them to maintain computer networks. In fact, configuring network devices is not difficult. The following are several simple and feasible solutions: [0003] 1. Telnet——This is the most commonly used solution for configuring network devices, and almost all network devices of manufacturers support this protocol. Users only need to type the telnet command in the local terminal, enter the user name and password, and then they can log in to the network device for operation and management. These commands entered locally and sent to the device for execution are as if directly entered on the console of the device, and the op...

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Problems solved by technology

[0008] 1) The degree of unified management is low

Existing configuration schemes are often only suitable for configuring one or several machines at the same time. When the number of devices in the network increases, users need to frequently switch and log in to different device terminals, and cannot control all the devices on the same platform. The equipment is configured and managed, so the problem of centralized and unified management of network equipment needs to be solved

[0009] 2) The configuration workload is heavy

Nowadays, there are so many manufacturers and models of network equipment, and there are so many generated commands. Regardless of whether you can remember it or not, even looking through the manual is a painful task.

[0010] 3) Lack of security features

To manage a network, in addition to configuring and managing the devices in the network, one of the issues that should be carefully considered is the security of the network. For network managers, they must always pay attention to the security of the network when they are busy configuring and managing devices. Otherwise, once a security incident occurs, the network will become precarious, which will virtually increase the workload of network managers and easily cause negligence of security issues. If the configuration of network equipment and the guarantee of network security can be combined in one Together, it can be realized by a set of configuration system, which can reduce the burden of network management personnel and improve the security of the network. However, the existing configuration solutions are often only used to configure network devices, and lack the function of ensuring network security. Unable to meet the needs of network administrators

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