US 11,729,056 B2
Data analytics on internal state
Benoit Sigoure, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/849,344.
Application 17/396,504 is a division of application No. 16/808,264, filed on Mar. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,115,281, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Application 16/808,264 is a division of application No. 15/165,358, filed on May 26, 2016, granted, now 10,623,258, issued on Apr. 14, 2020.
Application 17/849,344 is a continuation of application No. 17/396,504, filed on Aug. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,388,055.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/263,487, filed on Dec. 4, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/182,942, filed on Jun. 22, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353146 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0853 (2022.01); H04L 41/046 (2022.01); H04L 41/085 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); H04L 41/0859 (2022.01); H04L 41/147 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0856 (2013.01) [H04L 41/046 (2013.01); H04L 41/085 (2013.01); H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 41/0863 (2013.01); H04L 41/147 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network management system comprising:
a collector node configured to receive configuration state and operational status of a set of network elements coupled to the collector node via a network, the collector node further configured to store the configuration state and the operational status data from the set of network elements in a database, wherein the operational status data comprises status of one or more agents executing in a control plane of a network element in the set of network elements; and
an interface server configured to receive a request for the configuration state and the operational status data from an external requester and to facilitate provision of the configuration state and the operational status data in response to the request, wherein the interface server comprises at least one hardware processor.