Filtering network management messages
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1. A method for processing a network management message comprising:
- receiving a network management message;
parsing the network management message into a plurality of fields; and
for each of a plurality of client consoles each having associated filtering criteria,determining whether particular ones of the plurality of fields of the parsed network management message satisfy the filtering criteria associated with that client console; and
communicating the particular fields of the parsed network management message determined to satisfy the filtering criteria to that client console for display by that client console,wherein the filtering criteria comprising a message type and a user type, wherein the fields satisfy the filtering criteria if a value for a selected one of the fields matches the message type and the user type indicates an authorization to receive the message.
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Abstract
A network management system includes a network management server and one or more clients initiating network management messages between the server and network elements. The server parses the network management messages and communicates each message to client consoles having filtering criteria satisfied by the contents of the message.
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1. A method for processing a network management message comprising:
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receiving a network management message; parsing the network management message into a plurality of fields; and for each of a plurality of client consoles each having associated filtering criteria, determining whether particular ones of the plurality of fields of the parsed network management message satisfy the filtering criteria associated with that client console; and communicating the particular fields of the parsed network management message determined to satisfy the filtering criteria to that client console for display by that client console, wherein the filtering criteria comprising a message type and a user type, wherein the fields satisfy the filtering criteria if a value for a selected one of the fields matches the message type and the user type indicates an authorization to receive the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A Computer readable media storing logic for processing a network management message, the logic operable when executed to:
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receive a network management message; parse the network management message into a plurality of fields; and for each of a plurality of client consoles each having associated filtering criteria, determine whether particular ones of the plurality of fields of the parsed network management message satisfy the filtering criteria associated with that client console; and communicate the particular fields of the parsed network management message determined to satisfy the filtering criteria to that client console for display by that client console, wherein the filtering criteria comprising a message type and a user type, wherein the fields satisfy the filtering criteria if a value for a selected one of the fields matches the message type and the user type indicates an authorization to receive the message. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
identify the client based on the client identifier; generate a second message comprising the fields and the client identifier; and communicate the second message to the client.
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12. An apparatus for processing a network management message comprising:
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means for receiving a network management message; means for parsing the network management message into a plurality of fields; and for each of a plurality of client consoles each having associated filtering criteria, means for determining whether particular ones of the plurality of fields of the parsed network management message satisfy the filtering criteria associated with that client console; and means for communicating the particular fields of the parsed network management message determined to satisfy the filtering criteria to that client console for display by that client console, wherein the filtering criteria comprising a message type and a user type, wherein the fields satisfy the filtering criteria if a value for a selected one of the fields matches the message type and the user type indicates an authorization to receive the message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A communication system comprising:
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a client operable to generate a common object request broker architecture (CORBA) command targeted at a network element and to communicate the CORBA command to a server; the server operable to receive the CORBA command, to determine fields for a transaction language 1 (TL1) command based on the CORBA command, to generate the TL1 command using the fields, to communicate the TL1 command to the network element, and, for each of a plurality of client consoles each having associated filtering criteria, determining whether particular ones of the plurality of fields of a parsed network management message satisfy the filtering criteria associated with that client console and to communicate the particular fields of the parsed network management message determined to satisfy the filtering criteria to that client console for display by that client console, wherein the filtering criteria comprising a message type and a user type, wherein the fields satisfy the filtering criteria if a value for a selected one of the fields matches the message type and the user type indicates an authorization to receive the message.
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