| 摘要 |
Each network node provides information directly to an associated lowest level MIB, referred to herein as a group MIB, and maintains a copy of that MIB. The system condenses the information in the gossip MIB and provides the condensed information as a row of a next highest level MIB, which is referred to herein as a subnetwork MIB. The system further condenses the information in this MIB to produce a row of a next highest level MIB, and so forth. Each row of the MIBs includes an identifier that identifies the source of the information, and contact information for at least a non-empty subset of the associated nodes. The system uses a hierarchical gossiping scheme to send gossip messages through contact nodes of various levels, to ensure that each node uses up-to-date information.
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