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Distributed remote management (dRMON) for networks

  • US 6,085,243 A
  • Filed: 12/13/1996
  • Issued: 07/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for the distributed collecting of network data traffic statistics, wherein said network comprises end systems (ES) connected to network segments, the method comprising:

  • capturing network data at a plurality of said ESs, said network data observed at said ESs;

    computing individual network traffic statistics at said plurality of said ESs, said individual traffic statistics being extracted from analysis of said captured network data;

    including, in each of the ESs participating in said distributed collecting, an agent, said agent being an executable module invisible to a user for collecting traffic statistics and said agent capturing only network data that its native ES sends or receives;

    transmitting data containing said individual traffic statistics to a collector from said plurality of said ESs;

    compiling said individual traffic statistics from individual ESs into group network statistics;

    providing reports based on said compiled statistics, from said collector, to a network manager;

    transmitting data containing compiled statistics from said collector to a domain collector;

    compiling statistics from a plurality of collectors at said domain collector; and

    providing reports based on said compiled statistics, from said domain collector, to a network manager.

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