System and method for mapping between and controlling different device abstractions
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1. A system for managing a network comprising:
- a processor configured to manage at least one network element associated with the network;
a memory device coupled to the processor and configured to store an application program; and
one or more repositories configured to communicate with the network, where at least one repository is configured to maintain an object-oriented information model, the information model including at least one managed entity data structure for describing the network element as a physical entity represented by one or more physical objects, wherein the at least one managed entity data structure is used to map different characteristics of different network elements into one or more vendor-independent data models.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for configuring and managing networked communication systems. For example, an exemplary system and/or method according to one embodiment uses an information model to map between normalized representations of different network resources having different features. Moreover, the information model can represent different devices, different programming models, and/or different functionalities in a common representation, which is then used to configure and manage different network elements (e.g., different devices).
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24 Claims
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1. A system for managing a network comprising:
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a processor configured to manage at least one network element associated with the network;
a memory device coupled to the processor and configured to store an application program; and
one or more repositories configured to communicate with the network, where at least one repository is configured to maintain an object-oriented information model, the information model including at least one managed entity data structure for describing the network element as a physical entity represented by one or more physical objects, wherein the at least one managed entity data structure is used to map different characteristics of different network elements into one or more vendor-independent data models. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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2. The system of claim 2 wherein the at least one managed entity data structure further describes the network element a logical entity represented by one or more logical objects.
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11. A method for managing a network comprising:
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forming a first representation of a network element as a physical entity in an information model, the first representation having a form independent of an implementation defined by a vendor; and
mapping a portion of the first representation from the information model to a second representation in a vendor-independent data model residing in a first repository, the second representation having a form suitable for use with the first repository. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for obtaining information from different devices in a network comprising:
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receiving data representing the information from each of the different devices, where the data is in a specific form relating to each of the different devices; and
assigning the data from each of the different devices to one or more entities as defined by an information model. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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