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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2002
Applicants:
Sudhakar Valluru, San Jose, CA (US);
Srikumar Chari, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sudhakar Valluru, San Jose, CA (US);
Srikumar Chari, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04Q 7/20 (2006.01); H04H 20/28 (2008.01); H04B 7/14 (2006.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for fault management in a distributed network management station is disclosed. In one method embodiment, the present invention initiates a first device coupled to a network. Next, the present invention broadcasts an information packet to a plurality of devices coupled to the network. The first device then resolves the status of the plurality of devices coupled to the network. In so doing, the resolved network results in a distributed network management station having a defined master device.