Root cause analysis for operational issues using a rules mining algorithm
AssigneeArista Networks, Inc.
InventorsKaran Gupta, Rikith Reddy Bachu, Abhishek Singh
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Abstract
In general, embodiments relate to a method, for managing a network, that includes determining an occurrence of an operational issue on a network device of the network, based on the determining, executing an encoding phase and a causal feature identification phase on a feature database, wherein the feature database is associated with the operational issue, identifying a plurality of potential root causes using the encoding phase and the causal feature identification phase, and performing an action based on the plurality of potential root causes.
Claims18
A method for managing a network, the method comprising:
- obtaining a standardized database, wherein the standardized database comprises standardized entries corresponding to an occurrence of an operational issue, each standardized entry is associated with a corresponding network device and comprises standard values for each feature of that standardized entry, and the standard value for a feature is generated by comparison of a raw value associated with that standardized entry for that feature to a condition associated with that feature;
- identifying a potential root cause for the operational issue on a network device based on the standardized database;
- and
- performing an action based on the identified potential root causes.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions for:
- obtaining a standardized database, wherein the standardized database comprises standardized entries corresponding to an occurrence of an operational issue, each standardized entry is associated with a corresponding network device and comprises standard values for each feature of that standardized entry, and the standard value for a feature is generated by comparison of a raw value associated with that standardized entry for that feature to a condition associated with that feature;
- identifying a potential root cause for the operational issue on a network device based on the standardized database;
- and
- performing an action based on the identified potential root causes.
A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions for:
- obtaining a standardized database, wherein the standardized database comprises standardized entries corresponding to an occurrence of an operational issue, each standardized entry is associated with a corresponding network device and comprises standard values for each feature of that standardized entry, and the standard value for a feature is generated by comparison of a raw value associated with that standardized entry for that feature to a condition associated with that feature;
- identifying a potential root cause for the operational issue on a network device based on the standardized database;
- and
- performing an action based on the identified potential root causes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.