Ciena Corporation

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Springpath, Inc.

Suresh Muthu

Mahesh Subramanian

David Brooks Hamilton

Kuga P Visagamani

Prakash Kaligotla

Naveen Kondapalli

Ning Zhou

Murthy N Bhetanabhotla

Sesh Sayani

Vineet Banga

Sathiapriya Sathiyagiri

Naveen Konapalli

What is disclosed is network management software which displays a widget for tracking a particular characteristic of a network. The widget title bar contains a first and second indicator. The first indicator represents the severity of the most severe alert for the particular characteristic being tracked by the widget. The second indicator is a numerical value of the characteristic that caused the alert.

Minimized display of monitored events with live severity level and count indications

A device that generates suggested command completions for a distributed storage system is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device receives a command token from a management client, wherein the command token is a partial command for the distributed storage system. In addition, the device retrieves a plurality of complete commands for the distributed storage system; wherein one of the plurality of complete commands includes a parameter based on a current configuration of the distributed storage system. The device further determines a subset of the plurality of complete commands that match the command token. The device sends the subset of the plurality of complete commands to the management client.

Method and apparatus of an intuitive web based command line interface

A desired node is selected from a tree structure or list and then a number of levels from that node are displayed in a map. For edge nodes, the number of undisplayed links from that node is displayed. When another node is selected on the map, the number of levels is recalculated based on that node or the existing nodes remain and the desired level is additionally displayed from the selected node. Multiple nodes can be selected from the list, which may result in separated islands which join when an common node is displayed in each island. Filters can be applied to limit the number of nodes. The filtering may either remove nodes from the display or provide an indication of the number of undisplayed nodes meeting the filter and any displayed nodes meeting the filter. The technique can be used on most linked networks.

Scalable map displays

Embodiments which utilize a topology view GUI with elements in each of storage and general network views which indicate the connection to the alternate network via an icon. Properly selecting the icon causes the topology view of the other network to appear. This method allows the connections between the networks to be readily viewed without cluttering either topology and allows quick context changes to occur at the same point.

Method for bridging multiple network views

A user interface for managing connections in a communication network cross connect. The user interface provides for creation, viewing and removing connections in the cross connect. When displaying connections, a granularity may be adjusted to allow for effective viewing of connections having high data rates. A multi-layer display is used having at least a coarse and fine layer with granularities corresponding to a time slot resolution. The user interface may include a search tool for locating connections and/or a protection setup routine to facilitate establish protection connections.

Method, system and storage medium for providing a cross connect user interface

A user interface for managing connections across multiple cross connects of a communication network. The user interface provides for creating, viewing and removing connections in the cross connect. The user interface displays the relative position of cross connects along the communication network. Time slots for communicating ports are adjacently displayed so that mis-configured connections may be easily recognized.

Method, system and storage medium for displaying communication network connections

A user interface for managing connections in a communication network cross connect. The user interface provides for creation, viewing and removing connections in the cross connect. When displaying connections, a slice value and granularity may be adjusted to allow for effective viewing of connections having high data rates. The user interface may include a search tool for locating connections and/or a protection setup routine to facilitate establish protection connections.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Suresh Muthu