Patent ID: 8015268
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: querying a managed device to obtain an initial device state, wherein the managed device is a network switch including a remote management interface for allowing a plurality of remote management processes on a plurality of remote systems to remotely manage the network switch and wherein the initial device state of the managed device includes configuration parameter values; synchronizing the initial device state in the plurality of remote management processes, wherein synchronizing includes determining whether synchronization already exists between a managed device and a management process and establishing a synchronization if synchronization does not already exist, wherein determining includes comparing a sequence number identifying a current device state with a previously stored sequence number; detecting a change from the initial device state of the managed device; and in response to detecting a change from the initial device state of the managed device, maintaining a synchronized current device state between the managed device and the plurality of remote management processes, wherein the network switch sends updated device state information to the remote management processes, wherein the updated device state information includes different configuration parameter values from the configuration parameter values of the initial device state.