METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING HIERARCHICAL MULTI-PATH FAULT-TOLERANT PROPAGATIVE PROVISIONING

摘要

A method for provisioning networked servers includes virtually linking networked servers in hierarchical layers to form a virtual tree structure. The virtual tree structure including a plurality of nodes corresponding to the networked servers. The plurality of nodes including a root node in a top layer and at least two nodes in a second layer. The root node linked directly or indirectly to at least two terminal nodes in one or more lower layers of the virtual tree structure in a node-to-node manner based at least on layer-to-layer linking between nodes from the top layer to the one or more lower layers. The method also including receiving a provisioning change at the root node of the virtual tree structure and propagating the provisioning change from the root node to the other nodes in a node-to-node manner based at least in part on the virtual tree structure.