IP Library Granted Patent US 9,495,327
Granted Patent B2
US 9,495,327 · App. 13/706,134 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Service configuration method, device and system

Inventors: Fuyuan Deng (Shenzhen, CN); Yiming Wang (Ipswich, GB); Chaohui Huang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
G06F15/177H04L12/4679H04L61/2015
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Patent No.
US 9,495,327
App. No.
13/706,134
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a service configuration method, apparatus and system. The provided method includes steps as follows: configuring a VLAN ID of a port on an intermediate device according to preset configuration information, where the port is connected to a client; after a DHCP request message which is from the client through the intermediate device is received, obtaining a MAC address in the DHCP request message, and obtaining an IP address corresponding to the MAC address from the configuration information; and sending a response message carrying the IP address and the VLAN ID to the client through the intermediate device, so that the client sets a local virtual local area network identifier to the VLAN ID and sets a local IP address to the IP address after receiving the response message.

Claims (26)

1. A local area network system, comprising:

a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server, an intermediate device and a client, wherein the client is connected to the DHCP server through the intermediate device;

the DHCP server is configured to configure a virtual local area network identifier (VLAN ID) of a port on the intermediate device according to preset configuration information, wherein the port is connected to the client, receive a DHCP request message from the intermediate device, wherein the DHCP request message carries the VLAN ID, obtain a media access control (MAC) address from the DHCP request message, obtain an IP address corresponding to the MAC address from the configuration information, and send a response message to the intermediate device, wherein the response message carries the IP address and the VLAN ID;

the intermediate device is configured to modify the DHCP request message by including the VLAN ID and send the modified DHCP request message to the DHCP server, wherein the DHCP request message is from the client; and send the response message to the client; and

the client is configured to send the DHCP request message to the port on the intermediate device, receive the response message, set a local virtual local area network identifier to the VLAN ID and set a local IP address to the IP address.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the DHCP server is further configured to configure a DHCP relay of the port through an existing management channel between the DHCP server and the intermediate device.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises a VLAN ID, an IP address and a MAC address of the client.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises a VLAN ID of the client and an IP address of the client, and

the DHCP server is further configured to assign an IP address to the MAC address according to a preset rule after obtaining the MAC address.

5. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the configuration information comprises a VLAN ID of the client and an IP address of the client, and

the DHCP server is further configured to assign an IP address to the MAC address according to a preset rule after obtaining the MAC address.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises a network management system (NMS) connected to the DHCP server, wherein the NMS is configured to save the configuration information.

7. A service configuration method in a local area network, wherein the local area network comprises a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server, an intermediate device and a client, the client is connected to the DHCP server through the intermediate device, and the method comprises:

configuring a virtual local area network identifier (VLAN ID) of a port on the intermediate device according to configuration information, wherein the port is connected to the client;

receiving a DHCP request message through the intermediate device from the client, the DHCP request message including the VLAN ID;

obtaining a media access control (MAC) address in the DHCP request message;

obtaining an IP address corresponding to the MAC address from the configuration information; and

sending, to the client, a response message carrying the IP address and the VLAN ID, so that the client sets a local virtual local area network identifier to the VLAN ID and sets a local IP address to the IP address after receiving the response message.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises configuring a DHCP relay of the port through an existing management channel between the DHCP server and the intermediate device.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the configuration information comprises a VLAN ID, an IP address and a MAC address of the client.

10. A dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server, configured to be connected to a client device through an intermediate device, the DHCP server comprising:

at least one processor;

a setting unit implemented by the at least one processor, configured to configure a virtual local area network identifier (VLAN ID) of a port on the intermediate device according to preset configuration information, wherein the port is connected to the client;

a receiving unit implemented by the at least one processor, configured to receive a DHCP request message from the intermediate device, wherein the DHCP request message carries the VLAN ID; and

a processing unit implemented by the at least one processor, configured to obtain a media access control (MAC) address in the DHCP request message, obtain an IP address corresponding to the MAC address from the configuration information, and send, to the client and through the intermediate device, a response message carrying the IP address and the VLAN ID, so that the client sets a local virtual local area network identifier to the VLAN ID and sets a local IP address to the IP address.

11. The server according to claim 10 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to assign an IP address to the MAC address.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2020
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
To: APEX NET LLC
Reel/Frame 052344/0896 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2012
From: DENG, FUYUAN; WANG, YIMING; HUANG, CHAOHUI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029413/0093 →
Continuity (2)
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