Network provisioning in a distributed network management architecture
First Claim
1. A method for provisioning a service request in a computer network, the method comprising:
- a) determining a service path within a model of said computer network from a source device component within said model, said source device component corresponding to a first network device, to a destination device component within said model, said destination device component corresponding to a second network device;
b) determining for each network device corresponding to device components along said service path the configuration operations required to provision the service request; and
c) configuring each of said network devices.
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Abstract
A method for provisioning a service request in a computer network, the method including a) determining a service path within a model of the computer network from a source device component within the model, the source device component corresponding to a first network device, to a destination device component within the model, the destination device component corresponding to a second network device, b) determining for each network device corresponding to device components along the service path the configuration operations required to provision the service request, and c) configuring each of the network devices.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for provisioning a service request in a computer network, the method comprising:
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a) determining a service path within a model of said computer network from a source device component within said model, said source device component corresponding to a first network device, to a destination device component within said model, said destination device component corresponding to a second network device;
b) determining for each network device corresponding to device components along said service path the configuration operations required to provision the service request; and
c) configuring each of said network devices. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for path discovery in a distributed network management architecture, the method comprising:
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a) sending from a device component within a model of a computer network to each of its neighboring device components via outgoing links a path discovery request and a source-to-current-DC cumulative weight;
b) establishing at each device component receiving a path discovery request a parent device component as being the device component that sent the lowest source-to-current-DC cumulative weight to the device component receiving the path discovery request;
c) sending a path termination signal and an identifier list from a device component to a device component from which said path discovery request was received, said identifier list identifying a destination-DC-to-current-DC path from a destination device component to said device component at which said path termination signal is received, and said destination-DC-to-current-DC path having a destination-DC-to-current-DC cumulative weight;
d) establishing at each device component receiving said path termination signal a best-path candidate as being the path identified by said identifier list having the lowest destination-DC-to-current-DC cumulative weight; and
e) establishing at said source device component the best path to said destination device component as the best-path candidate established by said source device component among all identifier lists received by said source device component. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for network device configuration, the method comprising:
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sending a prepare_to_commit notification to each of the device components that lie along a path within a model of a computer network, therewith indicating at least one configuration action;
determining if each network device associated with each of said device components is able to carry out said configuration actions;
sending a commit instruction to each of said device components to perform said configuration actions if all of said determinations are affirmative; and
sending a rollback instruction to each of said device components if any of said notifications are negative. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for provisioning a service request in a computer network, the system comprising:
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a) means for determining a service path within a model of said computer network from a source device component within said model, said source device component corresponding to a first network device, to a destination device component within said model, said destination device component corresponding to a second network device;
b) means for determining for each network device corresponding to device components along said service path the configuration operations required to provision the service request; and
c) means for configuring each of said network devices. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A system for path discovery in a distributed network management architecture, the system comprising:
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a) means for sending from a device component within a model of a computer network to each of its neighboring device components via outgoing links a path discovery request and a source-to-current-DC cumulative weight;
b) means for establishing at each device component receiving a path discovery request a parent device component as being the device component that sent the lowest source-to-current-DC cumulative weight to the device component receiving the path discovery request;
c) means for sending a path termination signal and an identifier list from a device component to a device component from which said path discovery request was received, said identifier list identifying a destination-DC-to-current-DC path from a destination device component to said device component at which said path termination signal is received, and said destination-DC-to-current-DC path having a destination-DC-to-current-DC cumulative weight;
d) means for establishing at each device component receiving said path termination signal a best-path candidate as being the path identified by said identifier list having the lowest destination-DC-to-current-DC cumulative weight; and
e) means for establishing at said source device component the best path to said destination device component as the best-path candidate established by said source device component among all identifier lists received by said source device component. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for network device configuration, the system comprising:
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means for sending a prepare_to_commit notification to each of the device components that lie along a path within a model of a computer network, therewith indicating at least one configuration action;
means for determining if each network device associated with each of said device components is able to carry out said configuration actions;
means for sending a commit instruction to each of said device components to perform said configuration actions if all of said determinations are affirmative; and
means for sending a rollback instruction to each of said device components if any of said notifications are negative. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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