Patent 9807031 was granted and assigned to Brocade Communications Systems on October, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
One embodiment of the present invention provides a network device that facilitates configuration orchestration. During operation, the system interprets a configuration command and stores a data structure representing a set of business logic. The business logic can be triggered by the configuration command, a local condition, or both. Furthermore, the system configures the switch according to an outcome of the business logic.