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AssigneeCabletron Systems, Inc.
InventorsBrendan Fee, Kurt Dobbins, Dave Arneson, Pat Mullaney
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An apparatus and method for allocating the performance of applications in a networking chassis among one or more modules in the chassis. In particular, the system acts as a chassis agent for performing network management functions. The agent performs a discovery function whereby each module discovers the location and current utilization of resources and applications for itself and transmits that information to other modules, and wherein each module maintains a slot table of such information for all modules. Based on the information in the slot table, each module performs an election function for allocating applications among the various modules in the chassis. The agent uses Management Information Bases MIBs to gather information about the chassis and to effect control on the chassis, wherein each managed object is registered both locally and remotely in a MIB tree maintained on each module, and the data is maintained locally on the module on which the managed object resides. The system enables the chassis to be managed "as a whole" while the management functions are distributed across the system, and the system is both fault tolerant and enables ready expansion and modification of the management applications.
A system for allocating applications in a networking chassis comprising:
A method for allocating applications in a networking chassis comprising the steps of:
A method for allocating applications in a networking chassis having a backplane and a plurality of module-receiving slots, a plurality of modules disposed in the plurality of respective slots and connected to the backplane for intermodule intercommunication, each module having means for performing applications, the method comprising the steps of:
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