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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
Scott Ball, Newmarket, NH (US);
Joseph Greenwald, Madbury, NH (US);
Christopher Buia, Dover, NH (US);
David K. Taylor, Durham, NH (US);
Jonathan P. Caron, Nottingham, NH (US);
Jun He, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Ball, Newmarket, NH (US);
Joseph Greenwald, Madbury, NH (US);
Christopher Buia, Dover, NH (US);
David K. Taylor, Durham, NH (US);
Jonathan P. Caron, Nottingham, NH (US);
Jun He, San Jose, CA (US);
Computer Associates Think, Inc., Islandia, NY (US);
Abstract
A network management system includes a fault diagnosis engine, a topology mapper, an impact analyzer and a help desk system. The topology mapper includes a discovery module, a memory, and a presentation module. The discovery module is constructed and arranged to discover network elements in a communications network. The memory constructed and arranged to store topology data received from the discovery module. The presentation module constructed and arranged to present data related to topology of the communication network.