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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2020
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Roman Olegovich Chertov, San Jose, CA (US);
Adam James Sweeney, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hugh W. Holbrook, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Karthik Shyam Krishnan Subraveti, Fremont, CA (US);
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A network device includes a first agent programmed to provide a functionality of the network device. The network device also includes a message bus, distinct from the first agent, that identifies an update associated with the first agent, the update includes differential state information based, at least in part, on a state of the first agent, the state of the first agent is stored in a data structure exclusively managed by the first agent; in response to identifying the update: identifies a second agent that is subscribed to the first agent; and performs an action set to provide the second agent with access to the update.