Automatic device assignment through programmable device discovery for policy based network management
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- registering a filter, the filter providing one or more attributes or characteristics that identify one or more devices to be policy managed;
identifying one or more devices in a network which match the filter;
notifying a device proxy of which devices match the filter;
the device proxy distributing a policy to one or more of the devices that match the filter in order to policy manage these devices;
updating and/or changing one or more of the filter, the policy and the device proxy.
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Abstract
A technique for automatically identifying and assigning devices to device proxies in a policy based network management system is described. Each device proxy registers a filter with the device discovery. The filter may identify one or more characteristics of devices and may also include a communications protocol to be used by the device discovery to communicate with devices. The device discovery, preferably using the specified protocol, obtains device specific information and then identifies devices in the network that match the filters. The device discovery notifies each device proxy of which devices match the proxy'"'"'s filter. Each device proxy updates its list of devices that it can policy manage based on the notification from the device discovery. Control policies are distributed from a policy server to each of the device proxies. Each device proxy then sends a policy to one or more devices to be policy managed.
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1. A method comprising:
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registering a filter, the filter providing one or more attributes or characteristics that identify one or more devices to be policy managed;
identifying one or more devices in a network which match the filter;
notifying a device proxy of which devices match the filter;
the device proxy distributing a policy to one or more of the devices that match the filter in order to policy manage these devices;
updating and/or changing one or more of the filter, the policy and the device proxy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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registering a filter, the filter providing one or more attributes or characteristics that identify one or more devices to be policy managed;
identifying one or more devices in a network which match the filter;
notifying a proxy of which devices match the filter;
the proxy distributing a policy to one or more of the devices that match the filter in order to policy manage these devices;
changing one or more aspects of the network;
updating and/or changing the filter and/or the policy based upon the changes to the network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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