System and method for remote management of private networks having duplicate network addresses
First Claim
1. A system for remote management of private networks having duplicate network addresses, comprising:
- a plurality of customer networks, each customer network having devices with unique domain names but identical network addresses as devices in others of the plurality of customer networks;
a plurality of level one managers linked to the plurality of customer networks wherein each level one manager is linked to a group of customer networks having devices with unique network addresses, each of the plurality of level one managers having a domain name and network address associated therewith, the plurality of level one managers operable to monitor the plurality of customer networks for error conditions and to generate an error message including a location identifier uniquely identifying the device which experiences an error condition despite the device having an identical network address as devices in other groups of customer networks, the unique location identifier including the unique domain name of the device experiencing the error condition and the domain name of the level one manager associated with the device having the error condition; and
a level two manager linked to the plurality of level one managers, the level two manager operable to receive the error messages and route the error messages to an operator console.
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Abstract
A system for remote management of private networks having duplicate network addresses is provided which consists of a plurality of managed customer networks (16) within a customer domain (12). The managed customer networks (16) within the customer domain (12) are linked to a level one manager (34) and have unique network addresses. The managed customer networks (16) within the customer domain (12) which have duplicate network addresses are assigned to different level one managers. Errors occurring in the managed customer networks are sent to a level one manager (34) which generates an error message uniquely identifying the node or interface link experiencing the error. This error message is forwarded to a level two manager (40) which then routes the error message to an appropriate operator console (42) where the error is diagnosed and corrected.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for remote management of private networks having duplicate network addresses, comprising:
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a plurality of customer networks, each customer network having devices with unique domain names but identical network addresses as devices in others of the plurality of customer networks;
a plurality of level one managers linked to the plurality of customer networks wherein each level one manager is linked to a group of customer networks having devices with unique network addresses, each of the plurality of level one managers having a domain name and network address associated therewith, the plurality of level one managers operable to monitor the plurality of customer networks for error conditions and to generate an error message including a location identifier uniquely identifying the device which experiences an error condition despite the device having an identical network address as devices in other groups of customer networks, the unique location identifier including the unique domain name of the device experiencing the error condition and the domain name of the level one manager associated with the device having the error condition; and
a level two manager linked to the plurality of level one managers, the level two manager operable to receive the error messages and route the error messages to an operator console. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A gateway for monitoring customer networks and generating error messages for customer networks, comprising:
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a first network interface linked to a plurality of customer networks;
a network monitor operable to detect errors occurring on one of the plurality of customer networks;
a mapper operable to convert the network address of a device experiencing an error into a unique domain name;
a message formatter operable to format an error message containing the unique domain name of the device experiencing the error and a domain name of the gateway formatting the message;
a second network interface linked to a level two manager; and
a message sender operable to send the error message to the level two manager through the second network interface. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for remote management of private networks having duplicate network addresses, comprising:
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monitoring a plurality of customer networks wherein two or more of the customer networks have duplicate network addresses;
detecting an error condition occurring on a device within one of the plurality of customer networks;
determining a unique domain name for the network address of the device experiencing the error;
formatting an error message containing a description of the error condition, the unique domain name, and a domain name of a level one manager generating the error message;
sending the error message from the level one manager to a level two manager; and
routing the error message from the level two manager to an operator console. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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