Abstract: A system and method for managing a hardware routing table comprising monitoring usage of entries in said routing table and deleting entries based on usage criteria so as to generally keep the number of entries within a size limit, thereby conserving power.

Abstract: A system and method for managing a hardware routing table comprising monitoring usage of entries in said routing table and deleting entries based on usage criteria so as to generally keep the number of entries within a size limit, thereby conserving power.

Abstract: A method of configuring a network managed device in a network is described herein. A fallback configuration is determined. The fallback configuration is identified as a configuration that enables the network managed device to be manageable. A working configuration is determined. The working configuration is described by a working set of configuration data that has been updated based on a management command. A commit command is received. The working configuration is saved as a running configuration and verification of the running configuration is initiated. It is determined whether the verification of the running configuration is successful. Where it is not successful, the running configuration is saved as a failed configuration and the running configuration is replaced with the fallback configuration.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a network device for implementing configuration synchronization, including a port configured to a receive a configuration file, a memory, and a processing engine configured such that if a configuration file is received on the port, the processing engine determines a neighbor device of the network device and forwards the configuration file to the neighbor device, and wherein if a configuration file is received on the port and the network device is a member of a predetermined peer group, the configuration file is loaded into the memory.