Method and apparatus for configuration and analysis of network routing protocols
First Claim
1. A method for operating on a system containing a plurality of components communicating using at least one communication protocol, the method comprising the steps of:
- representing, in a non-user accessible manner, selected ones of the plurality of components, the relationship among the components and the associated communication protocols to form a model of the system;
wherein the step of representing the at least one communication protocol comprises the steps of;
creating at least one non-specific representation of the communication protocols selected from the group consisting of;
OSPFArea, OSPFAreaConfiguration, OSPFService, OSPFInterface, OSPFVirtualInterface, OSFPNeighborEndpoint, OSPFNetwork, OSPFNeighborRelationsip and OSFPVirtualLink;
wherein the OSPFArea represents a set of IP subnets within the system; and
determining a mapping between a plurality of events and a plurality of observable events occurring among the components and among the communication protocols, wherein the mapping is represented as a value associating each event with each observable event, andperforming the operation in conjunction with the events and observable events, wherein the events associated with the communication protocols are distinguished from events associated with the components.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating on a system containing a plurality of components in communication using at least one communication protocol is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of representing selected ones of the plurality of components, the relationship among the components and the associated communication protocols, determining a mapping between a plurality of events and a plurality of observable events occurring among the components and among the communication protocols, wherein the mapping is represented as a value associating each event with each observable event, and performing the operation in conjunction with the events and observable events, wherein events associated with the communication protocols are distinguished from events associated with the components. The operations may be selected from the group of monitoring, discovering, managing, analyzing and displaying the components associated with the multicast protocols.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for operating on a system containing a plurality of components communicating using at least one communication protocol, the method comprising the steps of:
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representing, in a non-user accessible manner, selected ones of the plurality of components, the relationship among the components and the associated communication protocols to form a model of the system;
wherein the step of representing the at least one communication protocol comprises the steps of;
creating at least one non-specific representation of the communication protocols selected from the group consisting of;
OSPFArea, OSPFAreaConfiguration, OSPFService, OSPFInterface, OSPFVirtualInterface, OSFPNeighborEndpoint, OSPFNetwork, OSPFNeighborRelationsip and OSFPVirtualLink;
wherein the OSPFArea represents a set of IP subnets within the system; anddetermining a mapping between a plurality of events and a plurality of observable events occurring among the components and among the communication protocols, wherein the mapping is represented as a value associating each event with each observable event, and performing the operation in conjunction with the events and observable events, wherein the events associated with the communication protocols are distinguished from events associated with the components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for operating on a system containing a plurality of components communicating using at least one communication protocol, the apparatus comprising:
a processor in communication with a memory, the processor executing code for; representing, in a non-user accessible manner, selected ones of the plurality of components, the relationship among the components and the associated communication protocols;
wherein the representation is an extension of the group consisting of the Common Information Model and the InCharge Common Information Model;
wherein the creating at least one non-specific representation of the communication protocols is selected from the group consisting of;
OSPFArea, OSPFAreaConfiguration, OSPFService, OSPFInterface, OSPFVirtualInterface, OSFPNeighborEndpoint, OSPFNetwork, OSPFNeighborRelationsip and OSFPVirtualLink;
wherein the OSPFArea represents a set of IP subnets within the system;determining a mapping between a plurality of events and a plurality of observable events occurring among the components and among the communication protocols, wherein the mapping is represented as a value associating each event with each observable event, and performing the operation in conjunction with the events and observable events, wherein events associated with the communication protocols are distinguished from events associated with the components. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium providing code for providing instruction to a processor for operating on a system containing a plurality of components communicating using at least one communication protocol, the code instructing the processor to execute the steps of:
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representing, in a non-user accessible manner, selected ones of the plurality of components, the relationship among the components and the associated communication protocols;
wherein the representation is an extension of the group consisting of the Common Information Model and the InCharge Common Information Model;
wherein the step of representing the at least one communication protocol comprises the steps of;
creating at least one non-specific representation of the communication protocols selected from the group consisting of;
OSPFArea, OSPFAreaConfiguration, OSPFService, OSPFInterface, OSPFVirtualInterface, OSFPNeighborEndpoint, OSPFNetwork, OSPFNeighborRelationsip and OSFPVirtualLink;
wherein the OSPFArea represents a set of IP subnets within the system; anddetermining a mapping between a plurality of events and a plurality of observable events occurring among the components and among the communication protocols, wherein the mapping is represented as a value associating each event with each observable event;
wherein the mapping is based on the representation, andperforming the operation, based on the representation, in conjunction with the events and observable events, wherein events associated with the communication protocols are distinguished from events associated with the components. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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