Apparatus and method for providing improved stress thresholds in network management systems
Assignee3Com Corporation
InventorsRonan François Daniel Grandin, David James Stevenson, Andrew Hunter Gray, Neil William Gray
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Abstract
A network management apparatus and method for determining an optimum threshold value for a monitored characteristic of a network is described. The optimum threshold value is determined by counting a number of previously received events generated from values for a monitored characteristic which were above or below an existing threshold value for the monitored characteristic, and determining the optimum threshold value in dependence on the counted number. An optimum threshold value is provided, which is tailored to suit the network concerned.
Claims19
A method for determining an optimum threshold value for a monitored characteristic of a managed network, the threshold value defining a value for the monitored characteristic above or below which an event is generated, the method comprising the steps of:
- for a preceding time period, counting a number of events generated from values for the monitored characteristic, received during the time period, which were above or below an existing threshold value for said monitored characteristic, and
- determining an optimum threshold value for the monitored characteristic in dependence on the number determined by the counting step.
A computer readable medium including a computer program for determining an optimum threshold value for a monitored characteristic of a managed network, the threshold value defining a value for the monitored characteristic above or below which an event is generated, the program comprising:
- a program step for counting a number of events generated from values for the monitored characteristic that were received during a preceding time period and that were above or below an existing threshold value for said monitored characteristic, and
- a program step for determining an optimum threshold value for the monitored characteristic in dependence on the number determined by the program step for counting.
A network management apparatus for monitoring a network and for determining an optimum threshold value for a monitored characteristic of the network, the threshold value defining a value for the monitored characteristic above or below which an event is generated, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to count the number of events generated from values for a monitored characteristic which were above or below an existing threshold value for said monitored characteristic, said values received during a preceding time period, and configured to determine an optimum threshold value for the monitored characteristic in dependence on the number determined by the counting step.
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