SNMP trap and inform shaping mechanism
First Claim
1. A router, comprising:
- a rack;
at least one line card operably connected to said rack;
at least one switching fabric card operably connected to said at least one line card;
a management server comprising management software stored in a first memory operably connected to said at least one switching fabric card;
a route server comprising routing software stored in a second memory operably connected to said line cards; and
a database operably connected to said management server.
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Abstract
At system initialization, the core routers and the edge routers will begin to exchange routing information that is required for the network to become operational. The notification shaping method of the present invention can be used to prevent the core router from flooding the edge routers with notifications while the edge routers are trying to process routing updates. In the present invention, notifications are sent in a steady flow, and not in bursts. The notification shaping method uses a timer to process the notifications stored in the notification queue. In addition, the notification shaping method comprises three basic steps. Step 1 comprises putting an entry on the notification queue. Step 2 comprises timer expiration. Step 3 comprises responding to an inform.
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36 Claims
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1. A router, comprising:
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a rack;
at least one line card operably connected to said rack;
at least one switching fabric card operably connected to said at least one line card;
a management server comprising management software stored in a first memory operably connected to said at least one switching fabric card;
a route server comprising routing software stored in a second memory operably connected to said line cards; and
a database operably connected to said management server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus to control the flow of notifications, comprising:
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a manager; and
a master agent-subagent operably connected to said manager, comprising;
a notification generator;
a notification queue operably connected to said notification generator;
a timer operably connected to said notification queue; and
a retransmission queue operably connected to said timer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus to control the flow of notifications, comprising:
an agent, comprising;
a notification generator;
a notification queue operably connected to said notification generator;
a timer operably connected to said notification queue; and
a retransmission queue operably connected to said timer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of controlling the flow of notifications, comprising the steps of:
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putting an entry on a notification queue;
expiring a timer; and
responding to an inform. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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