System and method for suppressing out-of-order side-effect alarms in heterogenoeus integrated wide area data and telecommunication networks
First Claim
1. A method of suppressing a side-effect alarm in a network management system that includes a plurality of managed network elements, wherein the side-effect alarm arrives at the network management system before a triggering alarm, the method comprising the steps of:
- creating and storing state information for each of the managed network elements, wherein the state information comprises a current connection state value and a parent state value;
receiving segment alarm information that identifies a first arriving alarm relating to a segment of the connection;
determining a new connection state value to which the connection transitions as a result of the segment alarm identified in the segment alarm information and based on the current connection state value;
selectively suppressing or forwarding an alarm reflecting the new connection state value based on the parent state value, a self state transition value, and a secondary state transition value.
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Abstract
A method of suppressing a side-effect alarm in a network management system that includes a plurality of managed network elements, wherein the side-effect alarm arrives at the network management system before a triggering alarm, the method comprising the steps of creating and storing state information for each of the managed network elements, wherein the state information comprises a current connection state value and a parent state value; receiving segment alarm information that identifies a first arriving alarm relating to a segment of the connection; determining a new connection state value to which the connection transitions as a result of the segment alarm identified in the segment alarm information and based on the current connection state value; selectively suppressing or forwarding an alarm reflecting the new connection state value based on the parent state value, a self state transition value, and a secondary state transition value.
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1. A method of suppressing a side-effect alarm in a network management system that includes a plurality of managed network elements, wherein the side-effect alarm arrives at the network management system before a triggering alarm, the method comprising the steps of:
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creating and storing state information for each of the managed network elements, wherein the state information comprises a current connection state value and a parent state value; receiving segment alarm information that identifies a first arriving alarm relating to a segment of the connection; determining a new connection state value to which the connection transitions as a result of the segment alarm identified in the segment alarm information and based on the current connection state value; selectively suppressing or forwarding an alarm reflecting the new connection state value based on the parent state value, a self state transition value, and a secondary state transition value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for suppressing a side-effect alarm in a network management system that includes a plurality of managed network elements, wherein the side-effect alarm arrives at the network management system before a triggering alarm, the apparatus comprising:
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means for creating and storing state information for each of the managed network elements, wherein the state information comprises a current connection state value and a parent state value; means for receiving segment alarm information that identifies a first arriving alarm relating to a segment of the connection; means for determining a new connection state value to which the connection transitions as a result of the segment alarm identified in the segment alarm information and based on the current connection state value; means for selectively suppressing or forwarding an alarm reflecting the new connection state value based on the parent state value, a self state transition value, and a secondary state transition value. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for suppressing out-of-order side-effect alarms in a network management system that includes a plurality of managed network elements, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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creating and storing state information for each of the managed network elements, wherein the state information comprises a current connection state value and a parent state value; receiving segment alarm information that identifies a first arriving alarm relating to a segment of the connection; determining a new connection state value to which the connection transitions as a result of the segment alarm identified in the segment alarm information and based on the current connection state value; selectively suppressing or forwarding an alarm reflecting the new connection state value based on the parent state value, a self state transition value, and a secondary state transition value.
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27. A network management system that automatically suppresses out-of-order side-effect alarms, comprising:
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one or more connection managers, wherein each connection manager manages connections between network end stations in a particular sub-network of the network; an alarm suppression mechanism that is communicatively coupled to the connection managers, and comprising one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, carry out the steps of; creating and storing state information for each of the network elements, wherein the state information comprises a current connection state value and a parent state value; receiving segment alarm information that identifies a first arriving alarm relating to a segment of the connection; determining a new connection state value to which the connection transitions as a result of the segment alarm identified in the segment alarm information and based on the current connection state value; selectively suppressing or forwarding an alarm reflecting the new connection state value based on the parent state value, a self state transition value, and a secondary state transition value.
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28. An apparatus for suppressing a side-effect alarm in a network management system that includes a plurality of managed network elements, wherein the side-effect alarm arrives at the network management system before a triggering alarm, the apparatus comprising:
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a network interface coupled to the managed network and receiving network messages therefrom; a processor coupled to the network interface and receiving network messages therefrom, wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of; creating and storing state information for each of the managed network elements, wherein the state information comprises a current connection state value and a parent state value; receiving segment alarm information that identifies a first arriving alarm relating to a segment of the connection; determining a new connection state value to which the connection transitions as a result of the segment alarm identified in the segment alarm information and based on the current connection state value; selectively suppressing or forwarding an alarm reflecting the new connection state value based on the parent state value, a self state transition value, and a secondary state transition value. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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