Programmable operational system for managing devices participating in a network

A network system, comprising:

• at least one managed device participating in a network;
• and
• a first management server participating in the network, comprising:
• a collection of notices indicative of at least one of a network event, the status of the network and the status of at least one of the devices participating in the network;
• operation logic that filters the collection of notices based on at least one criteria and that generates at least one operation indicative of a state change of the network including the at least one managed device;
• and
• an automation engine, communicatively coupled to the operation logic, that uses the at least one operation to perform at least one process in response to the at least one operation, the automation engine further comprising:
• event detection logic;
• a plurality of predetermined constructions, each that registers with the event detection logic to listen to at least one event notification, and, when invoked, that uses at least one operation to perform the at least one process associated with the at least one operation;
• and
• the event logic, upon detecting an event notification, invokes each of the plurality of predetermined constructions that has registered to listen to the detected event notification.

A method of managing a network, comprising:

• periodically generating a plurality of notices indicative of at least one of a network event, the status of the network and the status of at least one of the devices participating in the network;
• storing the plurality of notices into a collection of notices;
• executing an operation filter on the collection of notices based on at least one criteria to create at least one operation indicative of at least one state change of the network;
• sending an event notification referencing the at least one operation to an automation engine;
• performing, by the automation engine, a process based on at least one operation;
• locating a remote helper process on the network and providing the located helper process a reference to the at least one operation;
• sending, by the remote helper process, the event notification referencing the at least one operation to its local automation engine;
• and
• locating and performing, by the local automation engine, a process based on at least one operation.

A programmable operational system for managing devices participating in a network, comprising:

• a collection of notices indicative of at least one of a network event, the status of the network and the status of at least one of the devices participating in the network;
• operation logic that filters the collection of notices based on at least one criteria and that generates at least one operation indicative of a state change of the network;
• an automation engine, communicatively coupled to the operation logic, that uses the at least one operation to perform at least one management process in response to the at least one operation;
• the operation logic further generating at least one process that references the at least one operation that invokes a second process to facilitate execution of the at least one operation;
• the second process generating an event notification and providing the event notification to the automation engine;
• and
• the event notification including at least one reference to the at least one process to enable the automation engine to access the at least one operation.