SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING SERVER SYSTEMS ACROSS A BANDWIDTH CONSTRAINED NETWORK

摘要

A method, an apparatus comprising a network manager and a system for communicating with at least one server across a network includes at least one group identifier unit for determining if a communication is intended for a server by determining if a unique identifier included with a communication received by the server identifies a group in which the server is a member. In at least one embodiment, the network manager is configured to define at least one group of servers, determine a unique identifier for the at least one group of servers and include, with a communication to the servers connected to the network, the determined unique identifier for the group of servers for which the communication is intended. Accordingly, a communication is only accepted by a server which is identified as a member of the intended group of servers for which a communication is intended.