A network management method, server, client and system

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a network management method and system, a server, and a client. A network management method comprises: a server sends a first Hello message carrying a first friendly-element identifier to a client by SSH connection between the client the server; and the server receives a second Hello message carrying a second friendly-element identifier from the client by the SSH connection, so that the server determines a friendly-element relationship between the server and the client. According to the embodiment of the invention, the friendly-element relationship between the server and teh client is established and thus the server and the client carry out communication based on a principle of non-strict matching, so that communication is carried out smoothly when the versions of the server and the client are inconsistent and thus the network management efficiency is improved.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the communication field, in particular to a network management method, server, client and system. Background technique [0002] NETCONF (Network Configuration Protocol, Network Configuration Protocol) is a network management protocol based on XML (Extensible Markup Language, Extensible Markup Language), which provides a method for configuring and managing network devices. This protocol allows devices to provide a series of complete and standardized programming interfaces, through which applications or users can configure parameters, obtain parameter values, or query parameter values ​​on network devices. [0003] In the process of network management based on NETCONF, the version of the network management device (client) and the target network device (server) need to be consistent to make the communication go smoothly. Usually, because the network management device manages a large number of network devices, it is imposs...

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Problems solved by technology

Usually, due to the large number of network devices managed by the network management device, it is impossible to upgrade the network management device and network devices at the same time

For example, after the network management device is upgraded, some network devices have not been upgraded, resulting in inconsistency between the versions of the network management device and the target network device, making the communication between the network management device and the target network device unable to proceed normally

Another example is that after the network management device is upgraded, the communication between the network management device and the network devices that have not been upgraded cannot be performed normally before all network devices in the entire network are upgraded.

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