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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Frédéric René Philippe Detienne, Harze, BE;
Piotr Jerzy Kupisiewicz, Cracow, PL;
Alexandre Honoré, Schaerbeek, BE;
Jonathan Maria Jan Slenders, Ghent, BE;
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided for synchronizing task execution and/or data collection on multiple network devices. The methods involve obtaining a command to be executed on a plurality of target network devices and splitting the command into a plurality of single device execution tasks. Each single device execution task is for a respective network device of the plurality of target network devices. The methods further involve providing each of the plurality of single device execution tasks, via a command line interface or an application programming interface, to a respective one of the plurality of target network devices. The plurality of single device execution tasks being provided within a bounded time interval.