Configuration Model for Network Management

As today’s networks increase in size and complexity and new network services are deployed, the management becomes more complex and error-prone and the configurations can become inconsistent. To enforce the configuration consistence and integrity, it is necessary to enhance the validation capabilities of the management tools. The Meta-CLI Model presented in this paper captures the dependences among the configuration components and the network service properties and translates them into validation rules. It also translates the device configuration information into tree-like models and checks their integrity and consistence using theses rules.

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