Method and apparatus for inter-domain alarm correlation
AssigneeAprisma Management Technologies, Inc.
InventorLundy Lewis
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Abstract
A multi-domain network manager provides alarm correlation among a plurality of domains included in a communications network. Individual network management systems each monitor a single respective domain of the communications network, and provide intra-domain alarms indicative of status specific to the single respective domain. The multi-domain network manager receives the intra-domain alarms, and correlates them to provide inter-domain alarms as well as responses in the form of corrective actions. The multi-domain network manager thus provides a high level of correlation and response for the entire network while each network management system provides a lower level of correlation and response for an individual domain of the network.
Claims13
A computer-readable medium encoded with a program that, when executed on a computer system, performs a method for managing a plurality of resources, the method comprising steps of:
- receiving a first alarm associated with a first resource of the plurality of resources, the first resource being associated with a first domain;
- receiving a second alarm associated with a second resource of the plurality of resources, the second resource being associated with a second domain;
- generating a third alarm based on the first and second alarms;
- determining a corrective action based on the first and second alarms;
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- providing the corrective action to at least one of the plurality of resources.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.