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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1998
Richard J. Kennelly, Maynard, MA (US);
Kenneth W. Ouellette, Groton, MA (US);
Nortel Networks Limited, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
A network packet switch provides access to a network-based computer system. The network packet switch has a public access port and a private access port, and includes a computer-readable medium containing a computer program product for producing management objects that configure the network packet switch. The switch stores a set of management objects, determines attributes of an organization associated with one or more of the management objects, and defines a subset of management objects associated with the organization based on the attributes of the organization. The switch provides the user with the same access to a set of functions defined by the subset of management objects regardless of whether the user accesses the network packet switch by the public access port or the private access port.