USE OF AN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION IN A NETWORK MANAGEMENT
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Abstract
A method for the operation of network management systems, according to which values of attributes relating to an element are presented to a first manager and values of attributes relating to an element, which correspond to the values of the first manager, are presented to a second manager. The first and second manager determine the same identification information according to the same rule and using at least some of the values as well as store said identification information independently from a modification of the values of attributes relating to the respective element. The identification information is used during communication between the first manager and the second manager for identifying the element.
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28 Claims
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11. A method for the operation of at least two network management systems, comprising:
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presenting values of attributes relating to an element to a first manager that is provided for managing elements in a first network management system; presenting a copy of the values of attributes relating to the element to a second manager that is provided for managing elements in a second network management system; generating, by each of the first manager and the second manager, an identification information item according to an original configuration of the element using at least some of the values of attributes relating to the element, the identification information item generated by the first manager and the identification information item generated by the second manager being the same; storing, by the first manager and the second manager, the respective identification information items, the information items being stored independently of a change in values of attributes relating to the element; and using the identification information items during a communication between the first manager and the second manager for identifying the element. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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