Reducing interference from management and support applications to functional applications
First Claim
1. A method for regulating information flow between monitoring agents and a management server in a network, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting an interface in the network to access stream based communications in the network;
exporting control and data ports to each of the monitoring agents;
receiving requests from one or more of the monitoring agents to establish sessions;
limiting a number of the sessions to open by limiting the connections on the data ports without restricting connections on the control ports, whereby a connection pool is provisioned containing less than a number of connections needed for all of the monitoring agents to communicate with the management server, and wherein the connection pool is shared among the monitoring agents; and
dynamically modifying a limit on the number of sessions to open based on changes in network traffic by reducing the limit after a given time threshold passes with none of the monitoring agents waiting to send management information to the management server.
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Abstract
Techniques for reducing interference in a network from management and control traffic to functional applications are provided. In one aspect, a method for regulating information flow between monitoring agents and a management server in a network includes the steps of: inserting an interface in the network to access stream based communications in the network; exporting control and data ports to each of the monitoring agents; receiving requests from one or more of the monitoring agents to establish sessions; and limiting a number of the sessions to open. A system for limiting interference in a network is also provided.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for regulating information flow between monitoring agents and a management server in a network, the method comprising the steps of:
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inserting an interface in the network to access stream based communications in the network; exporting control and data ports to each of the monitoring agents; receiving requests from one or more of the monitoring agents to establish sessions; limiting a number of the sessions to open by limiting the connections on the data ports without restricting connections on the control ports, whereby a connection pool is provisioned containing less than a number of connections needed for all of the monitoring agents to communicate with the management server, and wherein the connection pool is shared among the monitoring agents; and dynamically modifying a limit on the number of sessions to open based on changes in network traffic by reducing the limit after a given time threshold passes with none of the monitoring agents waiting to send management information to the management server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for regulating information flow between monitoring agents and a management server in a network, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
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insert an interface in the network to access stream based communications in the network; export control and data ports to each of the monitoring agents; receive requests from one or more of the monitoring agents to establish sessions; limit a number of the sessions to open by limiting the connections on the data ports without restricting connections on the control ports, whereby a connection pool is provisioned containing less than a number of connections needed for all of the monitoring agents to communicate with the management server, and wherein the connection pool is shared among the monitoring agents; and dynamically modify a limit on the number of sessions to open based on changes in network traffic by reducing the limit after a given time threshold passes with none of the monitoring agents waiting to send management information to the management server. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for limiting interference in a network, the system comprising a processor device coupled to a memory, the processor device being operable to:
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insert an interface in the network to access stream based communications in the network; export control and data ports to each of the monitoring agents; and upon receipt of requests from one or more of the monitoring agents to establish sessions, use the interface to limit number of the sessions to open by limiting the connections on the data ports without restricting connections on the control ports, whereby a connection pool is provisioned containing less than a number of connections needed for all of the monitoring agents to communicate with the management server, wherein the connection pool is shared among the monitoring agents, and dynamically modify a limit on the number of sessions to open based on changes in network traffic by reducing the limit after a given time threshold passes with none of the monitoring agents waiting to send management information to the management server. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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