Apparatus and method for redirection of network management messages in a cluster of network devices
USRE41750E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 2004 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A method manages a cluster of network devices each having an intra-cluster identifier. The method includes (a) selecting a plurality of network devices to form a cluster, (b) selecting a first network device to be a commander network device having a public IP address, each of the remaining network devices being a cluster member network device and having a non-public network address, (c) receiving at the commander network device a network management request message from a management console, the message including a source address field containing an IP address of the management console, a destination address field containing the IP address of the commander network device, a request identification field containing an original request identifier uniquely identifying the message, and an intra-cluster identifier, and (d) forwarding the message to the-cluster member network device identified by the intra-cluster identifier using the non-pubic network address of the cluster member network device.
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