Patent ID: 8775574
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: accessing, by a management server, a set of configuration data specifying a plurality of configurations for a set of nodes in a network remote to the management server, wherein the plurality of configurations comprises first configuration data for a first node of the set of nodes and second configuration data for a second node of the set of nodes; generating, by the management server and in view of a received global command, a set of configuration orders comprising a first configuration order in view of the first configuration data to be transmitted to the first node and a second configuration order in view of the second configuration data to be transmitted to the second node; determining, by the management server and in view of a configuration dependency between the first node and the second node, a sequence in which to transmit the first configuration order and the second configuration order; transmitting, in view of the sequence and in view of at least one of a predetermined schedule or a predetermined triggering event, the first configuration order to the first node; and in view of a determination that the first configuration order has been transmitted to the first node, transmitting the second configuration order to the second node.