A distributed network management system for managing redundant global network control points. The network management system allows candidate control points to determine which is primary and which are alternates, initializes the primary and alternate control points, synchronizes global data,...http://www.google.fr/patents/US5758052?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US5758052 - Network management method using redundant distributed control processors
Network management method using redundant distributed control processors