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Merging network data sets comprising data acquired by interrogation of a network

  • US 6,701,327 B1
  • Filed: 11/22/1999
  • Issued: 03/02/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a network of devices, a method of managing the network, including:

  • at a first time, interrogating agents of managed devices within the network to provide a first data set relating to the network, at a second, later, time, interrogating the agents of managed devices within the network to provide a second data set relating to the network, updating the first data set in accordance with a predetermined set of rules by merging the first data and the second data set, to deduce changes in the network, said updating step including;

    comparing the data in the first data set with the second data set to determine additional data present in the second data set which is not present in the first data set, the data in the first data set comprising discovery data, topology data, and sizing data, and updating the first data set to include the additional data present in the second data set which is not present in the first data set.

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