Cluster device batch file transmitting method and file transmission device

Abstract

Command device in cluster device set assigns grades for member devices. The method includes following steps: (1) under control of command device, and through command device to log on file server of loadbearing files, the member devices at first level down loads files from file server and stores them; (2) under control of command device, logging on the member devices at the next higher level, the member devices from second level to second level counted from last down load files and store them; (3) under control of command device, logging on the member devices at second level counted from last, the member device at last level down loads files and stores them. Ensuring transmitting files in short time at batch, and lowering load of the command device in cluster device set, the invention transfers files for member devices in cluster device set in batch.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a technology for transferring files by a group device, in particular to a method for transferring files by a group device in batches and a file transfer device. Background technique [0002] In the communication system, there is a technology of applying network equipment, such as the technology of applying Ethernet switch equipment, which connects multiple network equipment to each other to form a cluster equipment group. At the management level, the cluster device group is a whole, in which a core device in the cluster device group is directly or indirectly connected to other devices in the cluster device group to manage other devices in the cluster device group. The core device in the group is called the command device, and other devices are called member devices. [0003] The functions that can be realized by the cluster device group mainly include: first, the plug and play of member devices, as long as a member device that...

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[0008] However, both methods have disadvantages

The disadvantages of the first method are: first, the file server carrying the upgrade file needs to log in to the member devices to be upgraded in the cluster device group in sequence. It is easy to cause misoperation of the file server carrying the upgrade file; secondly, the upgrade efficiency is low, and the upgrade process of the member devices in the cluster device group is serial, which will lead to the problem that the upgrade process of the entire cluster device group takes too long

The disadvantages of the second method are: First, the command device in the cluster device group has a heavy load. Since the member devices in the cluster device group download the upgrade file through the command device in the cluster device group at the same time, it will cause the commands in the cluster device group to The device load is seriously overloaded, which eventually leads to abnormal operation of the entire cluster device group; secondly, in order to alleviate the command device load pressure in the cluster device group, the number of member devices to be upgraded in each cluster device group must be limited. When the number of member devices to be upgraded in the group is large, multiple member devices in the cluster device group need to be upgraded in batches, which will make the upgrade process of the entire cluster device group take too long, such as several hours , in this process, the load of the command device in the cluster device group is always heavy, which will cause the performance of the entire cluster device group to degrade

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