Network configuration predictive analytics engine
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Abstract
A mechanism associated with a network management system (NMS) interprets and predicts the impact on a network of a network configuration change proactively. By providing pre-configuration analysis in this manner, a network administrator can determine the potential effect of the proposed configuration change in advance of actually inserting a configuration command in the network that might otherwise have unforeseen and damaging consequences. The technique is implemented using a predictive analytics engine that receives a proposed network command and, using a current network topology, executes the command against one or more NMS algorithms to verify that the command can be implemented safely.
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21 Claims
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8. Apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; computer memory holding computer program instructions that when executed by the processor perform a method of network management, the method comprising; receiving data from one or more network devices in a network being managed; using the data to generate and store, in a data store, a representation of a topology of at least a portion of the network; receiving a command, the command having been generated in response to an occurrence in the network; and analyzing the command against the topology to determine an expected effect of executing the command in the network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product in a non-transitory computer readable medium for use in a data processing system, the computer program product holding computer program instructions which, when executed by the data processing system, perform a method of network management, comprising:
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receiving data from one or more network devices in a network being managed; using the data to generate and store, in a data store, a representation of a topology of at least a portion of the network; receiving a command, the command having been generated in response to an occurrence in the network; and analyzing the command against the topology to determine an expected effect of executing the command in the network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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