Interfacing external metrics into a performance management system
AssigneeProactiveNet, Inc.
InventorsJoe Scarpelli, Sridhar Sodem, Atul Garg, Alex LeFaive, Rajesh Badhe
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for network management is described. In one embodiment, a method comprises collecting performance data having accompanying meta data including information defining the performance management data and information indicating operations to be performed on the performance management data, and generating output data for display using collected performance management data according to the information indicating the operations to be performed on the performance management data.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- collecting performance management data having accompanying meta data, the meta data including information defining the performance management data and information indicating operations to be performed on the performance management data;
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- generating output data for display using the collected performance management data according to the information indicating the operations to be performed on the performance management data.
A method for providing an interface between a user and a performance management system, the performance management system being connected with a network, the network including a plurality of components coupled by a plurality of connections, the performance management system collecting data of the components, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one script-based program from the user, the script-based programs defining data types not provided by the performance management system;
- integrating the program to the performance management system as a service monitor, the performance management system using the service monitor to periodically collect data of the defined data types from the components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.