Methods and apparatus for providing adaptive private network centralized management system discovery processes
First Claim
1. A method for discovery of nodes in an adaptive private network(APN) comprising a central server, a network control node (NCN) operating as a single point of control of the APN, and a plurality of client nodes communicating with each other and the NCN utilizing changing interconnection links, the NCN having a configured management IP address which is separate from each client node, the NCN administering and controlling the plurality of client nodes within the APN, the method comprising:
- configuring the APN with original APN topology information;
receiving in the NCN a management IP address from each client node of the plurality of client nodes for storage in the NCN;
querying the NCN by the central server for the management IP addresses of the plurality of client nodes; and
utilizing the management IP addresses of the plurality of client nodes to obtain current APN topology information and current connectivity information at a single point of access to the APN, wherein the client nodes do not have access to the management IP addresses of other client nodes and utilizing the management IP addresses of the client nodes to obtain current APN topology information and current connectivity information includes directly polling, by an APN virtual machine (VM), using the management IP addresses, and over a management network comprising a logical or physical network separate from a logical or physical network used to carry user data plane application traffic, each of the client nodes for the APN topology information and current connectivity information and receiving APN topology information and current connectivity information from the client nodes over the management network.
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Abstract
Systems and techniques are described for a centralized management system operating within a virtual machine which configures, monitors, analyzes, and manages an adaptive private network (APN) to provide a discovery process that learns about changes to the APN through a network control node (NCN) that is a single point of control of the APN. The discovery process automatically learns a new topology of the network without relying on configuration information of nodes in the APN. Network statistics are based on a timeline of network operations that a user selected to review. Such discovery and timeline review is separate from stored configuration information. If there was a network change, the changes either show up or not show up in the discovery process based on the selected time line. Configuration changes can be made from the APN VM system by loading the latest configuration on the APN under control of the NCN.
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1. A method for discovery of nodes in an adaptive private network
(APN) comprising a central server, a network control node (NCN) operating as a single point of control of the APN, and a plurality of client nodes communicating with each other and the NCN utilizing changing interconnection links, the NCN having a configured management IP address which is separate from each client node, the NCN administering and controlling the plurality of client nodes within the APN, the method comprising: -
configuring the APN with original APN topology information; receiving in the NCN a management IP address from each client node of the plurality of client nodes for storage in the NCN; querying the NCN by the central server for the management IP addresses of the plurality of client nodes; and utilizing the management IP addresses of the plurality of client nodes to obtain current APN topology information and current connectivity information at a single point of access to the APN, wherein the client nodes do not have access to the management IP addresses of other client nodes and utilizing the management IP addresses of the client nodes to obtain current APN topology information and current connectivity information includes directly polling, by an APN virtual machine (VM), using the management IP addresses, and over a management network comprising a logical or physical network separate from a logical or physical network used to carry user data plane application traffic, each of the client nodes for the APN topology information and current connectivity information and receiving APN topology information and current connectivity information from the client nodes over the management network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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