Configuration parameter sequencing and sequencer

• US 6,901,580 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2001
• Issued: 05/31/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Kamiński, Adam, Perycz, Krzysztof S., Przekop, Zbigniew, Iwanojko, Bohdan T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dam, Tuan
• Assistant Examiner(s): KENDALL, CHUCK O
• Application Number:
  US09/887,956
• Publication Number:
  US 20020198967A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,439 Days
• Field of Search: 717121-130, 717168-171, 709/219, 709220-226, 709/203, 709/228
• US Class Current: 717/121
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0873 Checking configuration conflicts between network elements

Abstract

The present invention is in the field of networking systems. More particularly, some embodiments change validation and setting of configuration parameter change requests within a transaction to provide a unified solution for software development.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a port to receive a set of configuration parameter change requests within a transaction; and

a configuration manager coupled to said port to determine a corrected sequence for the configuration parameter change requests within the transaction via validation of a change request within the transaction by a module and coupled to the module to execute the set of configuration parameter change requests in the corrected sequence.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a management client module to bridge the change request from said port to said configuration manager.

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising a temporary configuration parameter change requests database coupled to said configuration manager to store data to determine the corrected sequence for the transaction.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the module comprises circuitry coupled to said configuration manager to respond to a request for validation of the change request with a repeat call.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the module comprises circuitry of a microprocessor coupled to said configuration manager and having a configuration parameter subject to the transaction to function as a run-time variable.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the module comprises circuitry to receive the transaction coupled to circuitry to forward the transaction to said configuration manager.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the circuitry to receive the transaction comprises a network management protocol module.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein said configuration manager comprises circuitry coupled to the module to request validation of the change request by the module.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein said configuration manager comprises circuitry coupled to the module to determine the corrected sequence for the change request within the transaction wherein the corrected sequence is based upon a response from the module.

10. The device of claim 9, the circuitry coupled to the module to determine a corrected sequence comprises circuitry coupled to the module to receive the response and coupled to a temporary configuration parameter change requests database to associate the response with the change request.

11. The device of claim 1, said configuration manager comprises circuitry coupled to the module to execute the set of configuration parameter change requests based upon the corrected sequence for the transaction.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the circuitry to execute the set of configuration parameter change requests comprises circuitry coupled to the module to change a run-time variable of the module according to the change request.

13. In an embedded system, a method comprising:

receiving multiple configuration parameter change requests within a configuration parameter change request transaction;

determining whether the received configuration parameter change requests within the transaction are in an order capable of sequential execution;

re-ordering the requests to be in an order capable of sequential execution, if the requests are determined not to be in such an order; and

executing the configuration parameter change requests in the order to assign change-requested values to run-time variables.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein determining whether the received configuration parameter change requests are capable of sequential execution comprises a configuration manager requesting a servicing module to determine the order of the configuration parameter change requests.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein requesting the servicing module to determine the order further comprises receiving a valid acknowledgement for valid configuration parameter change requests and an out-of-order indication for configuration parameter change requests that are dependent upon updating of a different configuration parameter that has not yet been determined to be in an order of sequential execution.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein requesting the servicing module to determine the order further comprises the configuration manager re-requesting the servicing module to determine the order of a configuration parameter change request that failed on a previous request due to dependency on an out-of-order configuration parameter change request.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein re-ordering the requests further comprises storing in a temporary database the configuration parameter change requests in an order in which they are validated, and at the completion of validating requests, saving the temporary database as a current configuration database.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein executing the requests in the order comprises executing the requests in the order found in the temporary database that is saved as the current configuration database.

19. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-accessible medium having content to provide instructions to cause one or more devices in an embedded system to:

receive multiple configuration parameter change requests within a configuration parameter change request transaction;

determine whether the received configuration parameter change request within the transaction are in an order capable of sequential execution;

re-order the requests to be in an order capable of sequential execution, if the requests are determined not to be in such an order; and

execute the configuration parameter change requests in the order to assign change requested values to run-time variables.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 19, wherein the content to provide instructions to cause the one or more devices to determine whether the received configuration parameter change requests are capable of sequential execution comprises the content to provide instructions to cause a configuration manager to request a servicing module to determine the order of the configuration parameter change requests.

21. The article of manufacture of claim 20, wherein the content to provide instructions to cause the configuration manager to request the servicing module to determine the order further comprises the content to provide instructions to cause the configuration manager to receive a valid acknowledgement for valid configuration parameter change requests and an out-of-order indication for configuration parameter change requests that are dependent upon updating of a different configuration parameter that has not yet been determined to be in an order of sequential execution.

22. The article of manufacture of claim 20, wherein the content to provide instructions to cause the configuration manager to request the servicing module to determine the order further comprises the content to provide instructions to cause the configuration module to re-request the servicing module to determine the order of a configuration parameter change request that failed on a previous request due to dependency on an out-of-order configuration parameter change request.

23. The article of manufacture of claim 19, wherein the content to provide instructions to cause the one or more embedded devices to re-order the requests further comprises the content to provide instructions to cause the one or more embedded devices to store in a temporary database the configuration parameter change requests in an order in which they are validated, and at the completion of validating requests, save the temporary database as a current configuration database.

24. The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein the content to provide instructions to cause the one or more embedded devices to execute the requests in the order comprises the content to provide instructions to cause the one or more embedded devices to execute the requests in the order found in the temporary database that is saved as the current configuration database.

25. A system of embedded devices for servicing parameter change requests, comprising:

a configuration servicing node including;

a configuration manager to receive multiple configuration parameter change requests within a configuration parameter change request transaction, to request a determination of whether the received configuration parameter change request within the transaction are in an order capable of sequential execution, and place the requests in an order capable of sequential execution, if the requests are determined not to be in such an order;

a configuration parameter change request servicing module responsive to the configuration manager to effect the determination of whether the configuration parameter change requests are in an order capable of sequential execution, and execute the configuration parameter change requests in the order in which the configuration manager placed them to assign change-requested values to run-time variables; and

a transmission line coupled with the configuration servicing node.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the configuration manager to request a determination and the servicing module to effect the determination further comprises the configuration manager to request the determination from the servicing module, and the servicing module to send a valid acknowledgement for valid configuration parameter change requests and an out-of-order indication for configuration parameter change requests that are dependent upon updating of a different configuration parameter that has not yet been determined to be in an order of sequential execution.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the configuration manager to request a determination and the servicing module to effect the determination further comprises the configuration manager to request the determination from the servicing module of multiple configuration parameter change requests and to re-request the determination for a configuration parameter change request that failed on a previous determination request due to dependency on a configuration parameter change request that had not yet been determined to be in an order of sequential execution.

28. The system of claim 25, further comprising a temporary configuration database accessible by the servicing node, and wherein the configuration manager to place the requests in an order further comprises the configuration manager to store in the temporary database the configuration parameter change requests in an order of sequential execution determined by the servicing module, and at the completion of the determination requests, save the temporary database as a current configuration database.