Configuration replication system
View Patent ↗A port configuration replication system includes a first networking device including a first port, and a second networking device including a second port. A management device communicates with the first networking device to provide a first networking device Graphical User Interface (GUI) that displays port configuration details for the first port. The management device then copies the port configuration details, and analyzes the port configuration details to identify port configuration replication information. The management device then communicates with the second networking device to display a second networking device GUI that provides for the configuration of the second port, and provides the port configuration replication information in the second networking device GUI in order to provide for the configuration of the second port.
1. A port configuration replication system, comprising:
a first networking device including a first port;
a second networking device including a second port; and
a management device that is configured to:
communicate with the first networking device to provide a first networking device Graphical User Interface (GUI) that displays port configuration details for the first port;
copy, from the first networking device GUI, text information displayed in the first networking device GUI, wherein the text information includes the port configuration details that are displayed as text in the first networking device GUI;
analyze the port configuration details included in the text information that was copied in order to identify port configuration replication information and at least one port configuration detail that is not the port configuration replication information, wherein the analyzing includes:
parsing a text file that includes the text information that was copied and that includes the port configuration details;
recognizing at least one port configuration detail in the text file that is not relevant to replicating port configurations; and
removing the at least one port configuration detail in the text file that is not relevant to the replication port configurations;
communicate with the second networking device to display a second networking device GUI that provides for configuration of the second port; and
provide text information from the text file for the port configuration replication information in the second networking device GUI in order to provide for the configuration of the second port while not providing text information in the second networking device GUI for the at least one port configuration detail that is not the port configuration replication information and that was removed from the text file.
2. The port configuration replication system of claim 1 , wherein the communicating with the first networking device to provide the first networking device GUI includes:
providing port configuration information in the first networking device GUI to provide for configuration of the first port, wherein the configuration of the first port results in the first networking device GUI displaying the port configuration details for the first port.
3. The port configuration replication system of claim 1 , wherein the copying the port configuration details includes copying the port configuration details to a clipboard in the management device.
4. The port configuration replication system of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing the port configuration details to identify the port configuration replication information includes:
parsing the text file that includes the port configuration details;
recognizing at least one port configuration category in the text file; and
identifying respective port configuration replication information associated with each at least one port configuration category that was recognized in the text.
5. The port configuration replication system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a third networking device including a third port, wherein the management device is configured to:
communicate with the third networking device to display the second networking device GUI that provides for the configuration of the second port and the third port; and
provide the port configuration replication information in the second networking device GUI in order to provide for the configuration of the third port.
6. The port configuration replication system of claim 1 , wherein the management device is configured to:
provide the first networking device GUI in a first Internet browser session, and
provide the second networking device GUI in a second Internet browser session that is different than the first Internet browser session.
7. The port configuration replication system of claim 1 , wherein the providing the port configuration replication information in the second networking device GUI includes pasting the port configuration replication information into respective fields provided in the second networking device GUI.
8. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
a communication subsystem;
a processor that is coupled to the communication subsystem; and
a memory system that is coupled to the processor and that include instruction that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to provide a management engine, the processor is configured to:
provide for display, in response to communication with a first networking device having a first port, a first networking device Graphical User Interface (GUI) that displays port configuration details for the first port;
copy, from the first networking device GUI, text information displayed in the first networking device GUI, wherein the text information includes the port configuration details that are displayed as text in the first networking device GUI;
analyze the port configuration details included in the text information that was copied in order to identify port configuration replication information and at least one port configuration detail that is not the port configuration replication information, wherein the analyzing includes:
parsing a first text file that includes the text information that was copied and that includes the port configuration details;
recognizing at least one port configuration detail in the first text file that is not relevant to replicating port configurations; and
creating a second text file that does not include the at least one port configuration detail that is not relevant to the replicating port configurations;
provide for display, in response to communication with a second networking device having a second port, a second networking device GUI that provides for the configuration of the second port; and
provide text information from the second text file for the port configuration replication information in the second networking device GUI in order to provide for the configuration of the second port while not providing text information in the second networking device GUI for the at least one port configuration detail that is not port configuration replication information.
9. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the communicating with the first networking device to provide the first networking device GUI includes:
providing port configuration information in the first networking device GUI to provide for configuration of the first port, wherein the configuration of the first port results in the first networking device GUI displaying the port configuration details for the first port.
10. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the copying the port configuration details includes copying the port configuration details to a clipboard in the memory system.
11. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the analyzing the port configuration details to identify the port configuration replication information includes:
parsing the first text file that includes the port configuration details;
recognizing at least one port configuration category in the first text file; and
identifying respective port configuration replication information associated with each at least one port configuration category that was recognized in the first text file, wherein the second text file includes the respective port configuration replication information.
12. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
provide for display, in response to communication with a third networking device having a third port, the second networking device GUI that provides for the configuration of the second port and the third port; and
provide the port configuration replication information in the second networking device GUI in order to provide for the configuration of the third port.
13. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
provide the first networking device GUI in a first Internet browser session, and
provide the second networking device GUI in a second Internet browser session that is different than the first Internet browser session.
14. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the providing the port configuration replication information in the second networking device GUI includes pasting the port configuration replication information into respective fields provided in the second networking device GUI.
15. A method for configuration replication, comprising:
providing for display, by a management device, a first networking device Graphical User Interface (GUI) that displays port configuration details for a first port on a first networking device;
copying, by the management device and from the first networking device GUI, text information displayed in the first networking device GUI, wherein the text information includes the port configuration details that are displayed as text in the first networking device GUI;
analyzing, by the management device, the port configuration details included in the text information that was copied in order to identify port configuration replication information and at least one port configuration detail that is not the port configuration replication information, wherein the analyzing includes:
parsing a text file that includes the text information that was copied and that includes the port configuration details;
recognizing at least one port configuration detail in the text file that is not relevant to replicating port configurations; and
removing the at least one port configuration detail in the text file that is not relevant to the replication port configurations;
providing for display, by the management device, a second networking device GUI that provides for configuration of a second port on a second networking device; and
providing, by the management device using the text file, the port configuration replication information in the second networking device GUI in order to provide for the configuration of the second port while not providing text information in the second networking device GUI for the at least one port configuration detail that is not the port configuration replication information and that was removed from the text file.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the communicating with the first networking device to provide the first networking device GUI includes:
providing, by the management device, port configuration information in the first networking device GUI to provide for configuration of the first port, wherein the configuration of the first port results in the first networking device GUI displaying the port configuration details for the first port.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the copying the port configuration details includes copying the port configuration details to a clipboard in a memory system.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the analyzing the port configuration details to identify the port configuration replication information includes:
parsing, by the management device, the text file that includes the port configuration details;
recognizing, by the management device, at least one port configuration category in the text file; and
identifying, by the management device, respective port configuration replication information associated with each at least one port configuration category that was recognized in the text file.
19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
providing for display, by the management device, the second networking device GUI that provides for the configuration of the second port and a third port on a third networking device; and
providing, by the management device, the port configuration replication information in the second networking device GUI in order to provide for the configuration of the third port.
20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
providing, by the management device, the first networking device GUI in a first Internet browser session, and
providing, by the management device, the second networking device GUI in a second Internet browser session that is different than the first Internet browser session.