Switch name, IP address, and hardware serial number as part of the topology database
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1. A telecommunications system comprising:
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S switches running PNNI protocol in communication through the network, where S is an integer greater than or equal to 3, each switch having a plurality of logical nodes contained within a PNNI peer group, each switch having a system capabilities information group which allow the switch to store proprietary information without affecting the switches to interoperate, and a nodal information information group which has information about a particular logical node, all nodes in the peer group have a nodal information information group from every other logical node in the peer group, each switch having a topology database with all configuration information of the S switches, any one switch providing all the configuration information for all of the S switches by attaching a system capabilities information group to a nodal information information group, the configuration information includes a name of the switch, an IP address of the switch, a software version of the switch, and hardware type of the switch, the switches send configuration information to each other, the switches send SNMP queries to each other to return retrieved configuration information from each other, and the switches respond to the SNMP queries by sending the requested configuration information to the other switches which sent the SNMP queries.
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Abstract
A switch of a network. The switch includes a topology database having configuration information. The switch includes a mechanism for sending the configuration information from the topology database to the network and for receiving configuration information from the network and storing it in the topology database. A telecommunications system. A method for operating a telecommunications network.
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9 Claims
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1. A telecommunications system comprising:
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a network; S switches running PNNI protocol in communication through the network, where S is an integer greater than or equal to 3, each switch having a plurality of logical nodes contained within a PNNI peer group, each switch having a system capabilities information group which allow the switch to store proprietary information without affecting the switches to interoperate, and a nodal information information group which has information about a particular logical node, all nodes in the peer group have a nodal information information group from every other logical node in the peer group, each switch having a topology database with all configuration information of the S switches, any one switch providing all the configuration information for all of the S switches by attaching a system capabilities information group to a nodal information information group, the configuration information includes a name of the switch, an IP address of the switch, a software version of the switch, and hardware type of the switch, the switches send configuration information to each other, the switches send SNMP queries to each other to return retrieved configuration information from each other, and the switches respond to the SNMP queries by sending the requested configuration information to the other switches which sent the SNMP queries. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for operating a telecommunications network comprising the steps of:
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placing configuration information of a first switch of a plurality of switches of the network running PNNI protocol into a topology database of the first switch, the configuration information includes a name of the switch, an IP address of the switch, a software version of the switch, and hardware type of the switch, each switch having a system capabilities information group which allow the switching to store proprietary information without affecting the switches to interoperate, and a nodal information information group which has information about a particular logical node, all nodes in the peer group have a nodal information information group from every other logical node in the peer group; sending an SNMP query from a second switch running PNNI protocol to the first switch for the configuration information in the topology data base of the first switch; and propagating the configuration information of the first switch to the second switch of the network by attaching a system capabilities information group to a nodal information information group. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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