发明名称 |
Method and system for optimizing performance and availability of a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) service |
摘要 |
<p>The present invention discloses a method and system for monitoring and optimizing performance and availability of a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service provided by one or a plurality of DHCP servers (602) in an Internet Protocol (IP) network comprising one or a plurality of IP subnetworks. The method comprises in a DHCP server (602) the steps of: defining one or a plurality of groups of subnetworks, a group of subnetworks comprising one or a plurality of subnetworks; retrieving information related to resources, in particular IP addresses, allocated within said DHCP server to each group of subnetworks; transferring said information to a DHCP service monitoring system (600). The method comprises in a DHCP service monitoring system (403) the steps of: retrieving (501 to 505) from one or a plurality of DHCP servers (401), information related to resources, in particular IP addresses, allocated within each DHCP server (401) to groups of subnetworks, each group of subnetworks comprising one or a pluarlity of subnetworks; aggregating (506 to 511) the information for each group of subnetworks. <IMAGE></p> |
申请公布号 |
EP1079583(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2001.02.28 |
申请号 |
EP19990480077 |
申请日期 |
1999.08.20 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
DAUDE, OLIVIER;HERICOURT, OLIVIER |
分类号 |
H04L12/24;H04L29/06;H04L29/08;H04L29/12;(IPC1-7):H04L29/06 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/24 |
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