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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2001
System and method for providing distributed fault management policies in a network management system
Applicant:
Daniel R. Bolar, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
Inventor:
Daniel R. Bolar, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method of distributing network management tasks and policies within network management systems. Distribution of management tasks and policies onto concurrently operating management server allows for increased processing capabilities. Data control behavior may be defined on gateway machines used to normalize network messages. Such data control behavior facilitates in determining which policies are relevant to various networking situation as well as transmitting information regarding the network situations to appropriate management servers.