System and method for generating a representation of a configuration schema

Abstract

A system and method for managing and modeling a network device using a representation of a configuration schema is disclosed. One implementation includes a configuration hash key storage module; a configuration hash object storage module; and a configuration manager.

1 . A method for modeling a command structure of a particular network component, the method comprising: 
 accessing the particular a network component, wherein the particular network component is capable of facilitating communications in a network;    retrieving a command set from the network component, the command set includes commands for configuring the particular network component, and wherein the commands for configuring the particular network components differ from other commands utilized for configuring other network components;    generating a representation of the retrieved command set, wherein the generated representation corresponds to the network component, and wherein the generating the representation includes: 
 generating a hash key corresponding to at least a portion of the retrieved command set; and  
   generating a hash object corresponding to the generated hash key, wherein the generated hash object includes metadata, the metadata including information that identifies the network component from among a plurality of network components.