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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1999
Olivier Daude, Nice, FR;
Olivier Hericourt, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;
Olivier Daude, Nice, FR;
Olivier Hericourt, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
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 () in an Internet Protocol (IP) network comprising one or a plurality of IP subnetworks. The method comprises in a DHCP server () 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 (). The method comprises in a DHCP service monitoring system () retrieving (to) from one or a plurality of DHCP servers (), information related to resources, in particular IP addresses, allocated within each DHCP server () to groups of subnetworks, each group of subnetworks comprising one or a plurality of subnetworks and aggregating (to) the information for each group of subnetworks.