Granted Patent B2

US 12,261,744 · App. 18/525,509 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Inventors: Ajoy C. Siddabathuni (Santa Clara, CA); Bjorn Dag Johnsen (Oslo, NO); Raghunath Shenbagam (San Jose, CA)

Assignee: Oracle International Corporation

H04L41/082H04L41/0661H04L41/084H04L41/0856H04L41/0886

Abstract

Claims (38)

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first network device of a plurality of network devices in a fabric network that includes one or more communication channels between the plurality of network devices, a command from a second network device of the plurality of network devices, wherein the command is associated with modification of a configuration of the second network device;

authenticating, by the first network device, the command by determining, at least in part, that modifying the configuration of the second network device based on the command will continue a communication between the plurality of network devices through the one or more communication channels;

in response to authentication of the command, modifying, by the first network device, the configuration of the first network device based on the command by defining a new configuration for the first network device;

executing, by the first network device, a test on the new configuration by transmitting a test signal to at least one network device of the plurality of network devices;

approving, by the first network device, the new configuration based on a positive response of the test executed on the new configuration;

updating, by the first network device, a state identifier associated with the configuration of the first network device to correspond to a new state identifier associated with the new configuration; and

transmitting, by the first network device to the second network device using the one or more communication channels, a control packet that includes the new state identifier, wherein the control packet is configured to trigger the second network device to retrieve modification information from a shared repository and to update the configuration of the second network device to the new configuration based on the modification information.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first network device stores an indication of change to the new configuration at the shared repository accessible by each network device of the plurality of network devices.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the new state identifier is an increment version of the state identifier.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first network device transmits the control packet to each network device of the plurality of network devices for updating the configuration.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the modification information is retrieved from the shared repository by executing a query at the shared repository by the second network device.

6. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:

receiving, by a first network device of a plurality of network devices in a fabric network that includes one or more communication channels between the plurality of network devices, a command from a second network device of the plurality of network devices, wherein the command is associated with modification of a configuration of the second network device;

authenticating the command by determining, at least in part, that modifying the configuration of the second network device based on the command will continue a communication between the plurality of network devices through the one or more communication channels;

in response to authentication of the command, modifying the configuration of the first network device based on the command by defining a new configuration for the first network device;

executing, by the first network device, a test on the new configuration by transmitting a test signal to at least one network device of the plurality of network devices;

approving, by the first network device, the new configuration based on a positive response of the test executed on the new configuration;

updating a state identifier associated with the configuration of the first network device to correspond to a new state identifier associated with the new configuration; and

transmitting, to the second network device using the one or more communication channels, a control packet that includes the new state identifier, wherein the control packet is configured to trigger the second network device to retrieve modification information from a shared repository and to update the configuration of the second network device to the new configuration based on the modification information.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the first network device stores an indication of change to the new configuration at the shared repository accessible by each network device of the plurality of network devices.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the new state identifier is an increment version of the state identifier.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the first network device transmits the control packet to each network device of the plurality of network devices for updating the configuration.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the modification information is retrieved from the shared repository by executing a query at the shared repository by the second network device.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:

receiving, by a first network device of a plurality of network devices in a fabric network that includes one or more communication channels between the plurality of network devices, a command from a second network device of the plurality of network devices, wherein the command is associated with modification of a configuration of the second network device;

authenticating the command by determining, at least in part, that modifying the configuration of the second network device based on the command will continue a communication between the plurality of network devices through the one or more communication channels;

in response to authentication of the command, modifying the configuration of the first network device based on the command by defining a new configuration for the first network device;

executing, by the first network device, a test on the new configuration by transmitting a test signal to at least one network device of the plurality of network devices;

approving, by the first network device, the new configuration based on a positive response of the test executed on the new configuration;

updating a state identifier associated with the configuration of the first network device to correspond to a new state identifier associated with the new configuration; and

transmitting, to the second network device using the one or more communication channels, a control packet that includes the new state identifier, wherein the control packet is configured to trigger the second network device to retrieve modification information from a shared repository and to update the configuration of the second network device to the new configuration based on the modification information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first network device stores an indication of change to the new configuration at the shared repository accessible by each network device of the plurality of network devices.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the new state identifier is an increment version of the state identifier.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first network device transmits the control packet to each network device of the plurality of network devices for updating the configuration.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the modification information is retrieved from the shared repository by executing a query at the shared repository by the second network device.

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