Abstract: A system and method synchronizes multiple data stores and achieves data consistency in a non-transactional multiprocessing computer system. Processes are paused and later resumed according to their position in a dependency tree of the system. The data input sources of the system are in effect disabled and any data flow currently in progress in the system is flushed out the various data flow paths to the different data stores. When this process is complete, each of the multiple data stores is synchronized and the data is in a consistent state.

Abstract: Discovery/layout software configures a general purpose computer system to act as a management station using the industry standard SNMP protocol. The discovery/layout software has a discovery mechanism and a layout mechanism which, in combination, permit the discovery/layout software to provide various submaps on demand to a display. The submaps are directed to various hierarchical views of the network. The discovery mechanism monitors and discovers the device configuration on the network and maintains a topology data base indicative thereof. A layout mechanism has a translator which converts the topology data from the topology data base to map data, which is maintained in a map data base. Significantly, topology data is received by the translator in a batch and, in addition, map data is transferred from he translator in a batch.