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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2010
Jie HU, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Darren William Oye, Greenacres, WA (US);
Joseph Heath, Post Falls, ID (US);
Qing Yang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Madhavi Raghavendra Joshi, San Jose, CA (US);
Padma Asrani, San Jose, CA (US);
Jie Hu, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Darren William Oye, Greenacres, WA (US);
Joseph Heath, Post Falls, ID (US);
Qing Yang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Madhavi Raghavendra Joshi, San Jose, CA (US);
Padma Asrani, San Jose, CA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides reliable systems and methods for network notifications, i.e. Simple Network Management Protocol version 2 Protocol Data Unit (SNMPv2-Trap-PDU) messages, asynchronous notifications, InformRequest-PDU messages, and the like, between network elements, element managers, and other element managers. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention includes a network management system and method with a plurality of network elements operating a management agent communicatively coupled to an element manager which in turn is communicatively coupled to another element manager, a network management system (NMS), an operations support system (OSS), or the like. The present invention may utilize SNMPv2 and/or v3, and includes various techniques and processes ensuring reliable notifications between any of the network elements, element managers, or the like in the network management system.