Patent ID: 11956115
Assignee: METALSOFT CLOUD, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A method for use in a geographically distributed data center having a plurality of managed equipment, the method comprising:
providing a controller and a plurality of agents that communicate management data via a management network, wherein the plurality of agents control the managed equipment of the geographically distributed data center; wherein the controller and the plurality of agents are configured in a hierarchical topology, and wherein a first subset of the plurality of agents are configured to relay management data on behalf of a second subset of the plurality of agents;
providing a new agent to be provisioned into the plurality of agents;
initiating, via the new agent, a connection to the controller via the management network;
receiving, by the new agent, from the controller and via the management network, reconfiguration instructions that indicate an allocated parent agent of the plurality of agents; and
provisioning the new agent in accordance with the reconfiguration instructions, wherein the provisioning includes connecting the new agent to the allocated parent agent of the plurality of agents via the management network and disconnecting the new agent from the controller;
wherein, when a child agent of the second subset of agents is disconnected from its designed parent agent included in the first subset of agents, the child agent is configured to:
retry connection with its designated parent agent for a configurable amount of time; and
when child agent fails to connect with its designated parent agent during the configurable amount of time, the child agent attempts reconnection with the controller.