Multivendor network management
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1. A method executing network management software for managing devices on a network, the method comprises:
- mapping high level abstract objects to specific to specific vendor, model, firmware, release, or configuration-specific objects to provision and manage the network.
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Abstract
A method executing network management software for managing devices on a network, includes mapping high level abstract objects to specific vendor, model, firmware, release, or configuration-specific objects to provision and manage the network. The objects may be management objects that are independently defined from a method of access protocol used to convey the objects to the managed devices.
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1. A method executing network management software for managing devices on a network, the method comprises:
mapping high level abstract objects to specific to specific vendor, model, firmware, release, or configuration-specific objects to provision and manage the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of managing a network, comprising:
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determining a relationship between fault information, accounting, performance or security information to configuration data; and
tagging objects in the network with data that identifies the type of management function the objects perform. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of managing a network, the method comprises:
mapping high-level business requirements and service level objectives to low-level commands and management objects that show the status of network devices by integration from the low-level objects understood by network devices with the high-level business concepts understood at the business level of the organization into a single environment.
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14. A method of managing a network, comprising:
integrating of analysis at all levels of the hierarchy by providing mini-analytic modules associated with every object in the system involved in delivering a specific service. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An apparatus for rating an item, comprising:
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a memory that stores executable instructions; and
a processor that executes the instructions to;
map high level abstract objects to specific to specific vendor, model, firmware, release, or configuration-specific objects to provision and manage the network.
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17. An article comprising a machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions for rating an item, the instructions causing a machine to:
map high level abstract objects to specific to specific vendor, model, firmware, release, or configuration-specific objects to provision and manage the network.
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