DISTRIBUTED NETWORK MANAGEMENT USING A LOGICAL MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LABEL-BASED POLICY MODEL

摘要

Management instructions for a particular managed server within an administrative domain are generated according to an administrative domain-wide management policy that comprises a set of one or more rules. The administrative domain includes a plurality of managed servers. A determination is made regarding which rules within the set of rules are relevant to the particular managed server. Function-level instructions are generated based on the rules that were determined to be relevant. A determination is made regarding which managed servers within the plurality of managed servers are relevant to the particular managed server. The function-level instructions and information regarding the managed servers that were determined to be relevant are sent to the particular managed server. The particular managed server uses the function-level instructions and information regarding the managed servers to configure a management module so that the configured management module implements the administrative domain-wide management policy.

主权项

1. A method of generating management instructions for a particular managed server within an administrative domain according to an administrative domain-wide management policy that comprises a set of one or more rules, wherein the administrative domain includes a plurality of managed servers, the method comprising:
determining which rules within the set of rules are relevant to the particular managed server; generating function-level instructions based on the rules that were determined to be relevant; determining which managed servers within the plurality of managed servers are relevant to the particular managed server; and sending, to the particular managed server, the function-level instructions and information regarding the managed servers that were determined to be relevant;wherein the particular managed server uses the function-level instructions and information regarding the managed servers to configure a management module so that the configured management module implements the administrative domain-wide management policy.