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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1997
Ravi Manghirmalani, Fremont, CA (US);
Atul R Garg, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Judy Y Dere, Campbell, CA (US);
Minh A Do, San Jose, CA (US);
Leon Y Leong, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Bay Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus which provides the user with an indication of the computer network's health. The indication is provided by a network management station on the computer network. The network management station has a distributable piece of code which instructs agents to gather diagnostic and status information. The network management station then evaluates the network specific diagnostic and status data gathered by the agents. Based on the evaluation, the network management station generates a representation of the computer network's functionality (i.e., its 'health'). Thereby, the user can readily determine whether the computer network requires repairs.