Method and apparatus for accessing network information on a network device
First Claim
1. A system for managing network resources comprising:
- a network management server configured to execute a network management application which causes the network management server to perform network management instructions including,sending one or more network commands to one or more network devices connected to a network causing reconfiguration of how the one or more network devices process network traffic,receiving one or more status packets from the one more network devices in response to the one or more network commands, andperforming an analysis of use of network resources on the one or more network devices connected to a network using the one or more status packets, the network management server further configured to request that a network device load the network management application from another device, the network device being among the one or more network devices; and
a network device configured to download the network management application and execute the network management application which causes the network device to perform the network management instructions including,reconfiguring how network traffic is processed,sending one or more second network commands to one of the one or more network devices,receiving one or more second status packets from one of the one more network devices in response to the one or more second network commands,performing an analysis of use of network resources on the one or more network devices connected to a network using the one or more second status packets, andsending results of the analysis to the network management server for use in management of the network.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system of distributing management of network resources on a network to network devices is provided. During execution, the system receives a request on a network device to execute a task that performs a set of operations related to managing the network, receives an application over the network wherein the application includes operations for performing the task, processes operations on the network device that requests network parameters from a remote network device, transmits the request for the network parameter over the network to the remote network, and receives the requested network parameter over the network from the remote network device.
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32 Claims
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1. A system for managing network resources comprising:
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a network management server configured to execute a network management application which causes the network management server to perform network management instructions including, sending one or more network commands to one or more network devices connected to a network causing reconfiguration of how the one or more network devices process network traffic, receiving one or more status packets from the one more network devices in response to the one or more network commands, and performing an analysis of use of network resources on the one or more network devices connected to a network using the one or more status packets, the network management server further configured to request that a network device load the network management application from another device, the network device being among the one or more network devices; and a network device configured to download the network management application and execute the network management application which causes the network device to perform the network management instructions including, reconfiguring how network traffic is processed, sending one or more second network commands to one of the one or more network devices, receiving one or more second status packets from one of the one more network devices in response to the one or more second network commands, performing an analysis of use of network resources on the one or more network devices connected to a network using the one or more second status packets, and sending results of the analysis to the network management server for use in management of the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method of distributing management of network resources on a network to network devices exchanging information over the network, comprising:
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executing a network management application through a network management server to perform network management instructions including an analysis of use of network resources on one or more network devices connected to a network; receiving a request on a network device among the one or more network devices to execute the network management application including reconfiguring how one or more of the network devices processes network traffic and performing an analysis of use of network resources on one or more other network devices connected to the network; receiving the network management application at the network device from another network device over the network wherein the network management application includes the network management instructions for reconfiguring the network device and performing the analysis task; reconfiguring the network device; processing the network management instructions on the network device that requests a network parameter from a remote network device, the remote network device being among the one or more other network devices, the network management instructions including; transmitting the request for the network parameter over the network to the remote network; and receiving the requested network parameter over the network from the remote network device, processing the network management instructions including performing the analysis on the network device using the network parameter; and providing results of the analysis to the network management server in response to the request to execute the task. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for distributing network management of a network to network devices, comprising:
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a network management server configured to execute a network management application which causes the network management server to perform network management instructions including, sending one or more network commands to one or more network devices connected to a network, receiving one or more status packets from the one more network devices in response to the one or more network commands, and performing an analysis of use of network resources on the one or more network devices connected to a network using the one or more status packets, the network management server further configured to request that a network device load the network management application from another device, the network device being among the one or more network devices; and a processor; and a memory containing instructions when executed cause the processor to, receive the request on the network device to execute the network management application that performs the network management instructions receive the network management application over the network on the network device wherein the network management application has the instructions for performing the network management instructions including, reconfiguring how the network devices processes network traffic, requesting network parameters from a remote network device, the remote network device being among the one or more network devices, transmitting the request for the network parameter over the network to the remote network, receiving the requested network parameter over the network from the remote network device, processing the instruction for performing the analysis on the remote network device using the network parameter; and providing results of the analysis to the network management server in response to the request to execute the network management instructions. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An apparatus for distributing network management of a network to network devices exchanging information over the network comprising:
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means for executing a network management application through a network management server to perform network management instructions including an analysis of use of network resources on one or more network devices connected to a network; means for receiving a request on a network device among the one or more other network devices to execute the network management application including reconfiguring how the network devices processes network traffic and performing an analysis of use of network resources on one or more other network devices connected to the network; means for receiving, from another network device, the network management application at the network device over the network wherein the network management application includes the network management instructions for performing the analysis task; means for processing the network management instructions on the network device that requests network parameters from a remote network device, the remote network device being among the one or more other network devices, the network management instructions including, means for transmitting the request for the network parameter over the network to the remote network; and means for receiving the requested network parameter from the remote network device over the network, means for processing the network management instructions including reconfiguring how the network devices processes network traffic and performing the analysis on the network device using the network parameter; and means for providing results of the analysis to the network management server in response to the request to execute the task.
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32. A computer program product embodied in a computer-storage medium, for distributing network management of a network to network devices exchanging information over the network, the product comprising program code instructions to cause a processor to:
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execute a network management application through a network management server to perform network management instructions including an analysis of use of network resources on one or more network devices connected to a network, receive a request on a network device among the one or more network devices to execute the network management application including reconfiguring how the network devices processes network traffic and performing an analysis of use of network resources on one or more other network devices connected to the network; receive, from another network device, a network management application at the network device over the network wherein the network management application includes the network management instructions for performing the analysis task; process the network management instructions on the network device that requests network parameters from a remote network device, the remote network device being among the one or more other network devices, the network management instructions including instructions to cause the processor to transmit the request for the network parameter over the network to the remote network; and receive from the remote network device the requested network parameter over the network process the network management instructions including reconfiguring how the network devices processes network traffic and performing the analysis on the network device using the network parameter; and provide results of the analysis to the network management server in response to the request to execute the task.
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