METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION IN A MULTI-CLUSTER NETWORK, DEVICE FOR CONNECTION TO A NETWORK OF CLUSTERS AND BRIDGE FOR CONNECTING CLUSTERS

摘要

Bridge device comprising at least two interfaces for interfacing respective clusters of network devices in a network wherein said bridge device comprises at least two interface portals for connecting clusters. The bridge device comprises for each portal a first software component (SDDM) for receiving from an internal client requests for device describing configuration memory data (SDD) of at least one network device, said first software component being adapted to retrieve device describing data from other devices through a function call of a similar software component in the other devices.The invention also concerns a device in a multi-clustered network, the device comprising a software component as above, as well as a device discovery method and a method for establishing a connection between devices.