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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Suhas Mansingh, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Wayne Clayton Cannon, Healdsburg, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5173 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5173 ;
Abstract
A network management systems (NMS) queries network elements (NEs) and receives information on cross connects set up at the NEs and other circuit information. Multiple NMS systems can manage the network at the same time. If one NMS changes a cross connect on an NE, the NE will inform the other NMS systems. The cross connect information is used to provide up-to-date information on circuits set up in the network and to facilitate elimination of “orphaned” cross connects which should have been deleted but have not been deleted due to some network failure.