System and method for mapping between and controlling different device abstractions
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1. A system for managing a network comprising:
- a processor configured to manage at least one network element associated with the network;
a memory device coupled to the processor and configured to store an application program, wherein the application program is configured to solicit information from at least two different network elements, wherein one of the at least two different network elements is associated with a command line interface programming model; and
one or more repositories configured to communicate with the network, where at least one repository is configured to maintain an object-oriented information model, the information model including at least one managed entity data structure for describing the network element as a physical entity represented by one or more physical objects,wherein the at least one managed entity data structure is used to map different characteristics of different network elements into one or more vendor-independent data models.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for configuring and managing networked communication systems. For example, an exemplary system and/or method according to one embodiment uses an information model to map between normalized representations of different network resources having different features. Moreover, the information model can represent different devices, different programming models, and/or different functionalities in a common representation, which is then used to configure and manage different network elements (e.g., different devices).
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1. A system for managing a network comprising:
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a processor configured to manage at least one network element associated with the network; a memory device coupled to the processor and configured to store an application program, wherein the application program is configured to solicit information from at least two different network elements, wherein one of the at least two different network elements is associated with a command line interface programming model; and one or more repositories configured to communicate with the network, where at least one repository is configured to maintain an object-oriented information model, the information model including at least one managed entity data structure for describing the network element as a physical entity represented by one or more physical objects, wherein the at least one managed entity data structure is used to map different characteristics of different network elements into one or more vendor-independent data models. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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