Patent ID: 7343429

Claim:
A system for managing a client-server network comprising: means for establishing a communication tree utilizing nodes of said network with one of said nodes as root node; means for forwarding a managing-commands from said root node over said tree to be executed in other of said nodes; each of said other of said nodes including means for executing said command to obtain a command-response; means for returning said command-response from said each of said other of said nodes through certain of said other of said nodes to said root node; means, responsive to completion of operation of said returning means, for dismantling said tree; and, iterative means responsive to any need for a different communication tree prior to operation of said dismantling means, for establishing said different communication tree utilizing said nodes of said network with a different one of said nodes as a different root node and for repeating operation of said forwarding means, said executing means, said returning means, said dismantling means and said iterative means, whereby said nodes support multiple communication trees simultaneously.