Illumio, Inc.

Alan B Stokol

Paul James Kirner

Mukesh Gupta

Juraj George Fandli

Matthew Kirby Glenn

Daniel Richard Cook

Jerry B Scott

Andrew S Rubin

Sehyo Chang

Matthew K Glenn

Paul J Kirner

Juraj G Fandli

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.

Distributed network management using a logical multi-dimensional label-based policy model

A change to a state of a particular managed server within an administrative domain is processed. The administrative domain includes a plurality of managed servers that use management instructions to configure management modules so that the configured management modules implement an administrative domain-wide management policy that comprises a set of one or more rules. A first description of the particular managed server is modified to indicate the particular managed server's changed state, thereby specifying a second description of the particular managed server. The unmodified first description is compared to the second description, thereby specifying a description change. A determination is made, based on the description change, regarding whether to update management instructions previously sent to the particular managed server.

Handling changes in a distributed network management system that uses a logical multi-dimensional label-based policy model

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Alan B Stokol