US 11,757,729 B2
Method and system for facilitating auto-annotation and dynamic display for switch configurations
Shaun Wackerly, Lincoln, CA (US); and Frank Wood, Elk Grove, CA (US)
Assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/244,056.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353156 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/082 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/22 (2013.01) [H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04L 41/0879 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for dynamically managing a configuration file of a switch, the method comprising:
determining, by a computer system, one or more groups of line specifications in a specification file, wherein a respective line specification indicates a format of a respective variant of a configuration command of the switch;
annotating, by the computer system, a respective group in the specification file with a corresponding label;
associating, by the computer system, a respective configuration command of the configuration file with a label of a group based on matching the configuration command with the group;
associating, by the computer system, the configuration command with an entry of a table of content for the configuration file, wherein the entry corresponds to the group; and
selectively displaying by the computer system, in a graphical user interface (GUI), one or more configuration commands associated with the label in the configuration file in response to an input to the entry of the table of content.