Infoblox Inc.

Ipanto

Eric Duchene

Nicolas Draca

Etienne M Liu

Morteza Ansari

Barry Arlen Frew

A method is disclosed. A graphical representation is displayed of a network map of a network. A context indication is received for a network information specification for a first network segment of the network displayed on the graphical representation of the network map of the network. A first information is displayed on the graphical representation for the first network segment in response to the context indication. An action indication is received for a network management specification for the first network segment based at least in part on an interaction with the graphical representation of the network. The first network segment is modified based at least in part on the network management specification in response to the action indication.

Graphical visualization and management of networks

The system remotely manages the configuration of one or several network services (). The management server () has access to a database () which stores a representation of the configuration of the network service (). An agent software component ()&#x2014;running preferably on the network device providing the managed service ()&#x2014;has access to the configuration in the native language of the network service (). The management server () and the agent software component () communicate synchronization information to each other and synchronize the representation of the configuration of the network service in the database () and the native language configuration of the network service () with each other based on the synchronization information. The synchronization information is in a language different from the native language of the configuration of the network service.

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Laxou, France

Eric Duchene