Dynamic translation of network management primitives to queries to a database
First Claim
1. A method for translating Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) network management operations using a digital computer, comprising in combination the steps of:
- retrieving a network management operation and argument from a network management processing machine;
ascertaining if said network management operation comprises one m-Create, m-Delete, m-Set, m-Get and m-Event Report CMIP operations;
translating said ascertained CMIP operation into a database query, said database query being a Structured Query Language (SQL) query; and
executing said database query with respect to a relational database.
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Abstract
A technique for dynamically translating network management primitives into operations on management information stored within a relational database hosting a management information base. A CMIP network management operation and argument is retrieved from a network management processing machine and processed by a full or partial OSI stack. The CMIP operation is examined to ascertain a type of network management operation. If the operation is of a type which interacts with the database, a database query is generated in accordance with the operation type, to perform the network management operation on the relational database.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for translating Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) network management operations using a digital computer, comprising in combination the steps of:
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retrieving a network management operation and argument from a network management processing machine; ascertaining if said network management operation comprises one m-Create, m-Delete, m-Set, m-Get and m-Event Report CMIP operations; translating said ascertained CMIP operation into a database query, said database query being a Structured Query Language (SQL) query; and executing said database query with respect to a relational database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for translating a Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) network management operation into a database query, comprising:
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a database containing information relevant to said network management operation; receiving means for receiving said network management operation; decoding and analyzing means for determining if said network management operation is one of m-Create, m-Delete, m-Set, m-Get and m-Event Report CMIP operations; translating means for for converting said decoded CMIP operation to a Structured Query Language (SQL) database query corresponding to the ascertained type of said CMIP operation; and means for executing said database query in a relational database. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for translating a Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) network management operation into a database query, comprising:
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a relational database containing information relevant to said network management operation, said relational database being compatible with Structured Query Language (SQL) queries, an Open System Interconnection (OSI) interface for receiving said CMIP network management operation; an OSI protocol stack for decoding said network management operation; a CMIP protocol machine for analyzing said decoded network management operation to determine if said decoded network management operation requires interaction with said database; translating means for converting said decoded and analyzed network management operation into a SQL database query.
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