公开(公告)号：US07856599B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-21

申请号：US10027821

申请日：2001-12-19

申请人： Denis Proulx ,  Chuong Ngoc Ngo ,  Attaullah Zabihi ,  David Wing-Chung Chan ,  Felix Katz

发明人： Denis Proulx ,  Chuong Ngoc Ngo ,  Attaullah Zabihi ,  David Wing-Chung Chan ,  Felix Katz

IPC分类号： G06F15/177

CPC分类号： H04L41/22 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0873 ,  H04L41/12

摘要： An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for network management that allows the configuration of IP links in one step, via a GUI form, even though the management protocols available at the two end links (routers) may differ. According to one embodiment, the method comprises gathering information from the user, validating this information, and then sending this information to the appropriate router(s). According to one embodiment, the method enables a user to specify various configurations when provisioning an IP link, for example, the type of IP link (Point-to-Point, Point-to-IP, or Point-to-Subnet), the numbering type (Numbered or Unnumbered), the application type (MPLS and/or IP Forwarding), and the sub-layer interfaces to be used (Packet Over Sonet, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, GigEthernet, and others). In addition, according to one embodiment, the method allows the IP link to be associated to existing router interface(s), or the interfaces can be created as part of the IP link creation process.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提供了一种用于网络管理的方法，其允许通过GUI形式在一个步骤中配置IP链路，即使在两端链路（路由器）可用的管理协议可能不同。 根据一个实施例，该方法包括从用户收集信息，验证该信息，然后将该信息发送到适当的路由器。 根据一个实施例，该方法使得用户能够在提供IP链路时指定各种配置，例如，IP链路的类型（点到点，点对IP或点到子网）， 编号类型（编号或未编号），应用程序类型（MPLS和/或IP转发）以及要使用的子层接口（Packet Over Sonet，异步传输模式，GigEthernet等）。 此外，根据一个实施例，该方法允许IP链路与现有路由器接口相关联，或者可以将该接口创建为IP链路创建过程的一部分。

公开(公告)号：US07113989B2

公开(公告)日：2006-09-26

申请号：US10115900

申请日：2002-04-05

申请人： Christopher (Warren) Murray ,  David Wing-Chung Chan ,  Kevin Edgar Daniel Landry ,  Felix Katz ,  Chuong Ngoc Ngo ,  Attaullah Zabihi

发明人： Christopher (Warren) Murray ,  David Wing-Chung Chan ,  Kevin Edgar Daniel Landry ,  Felix Katz ,  Chuong Ngoc Ngo ,  Attaullah Zabihi

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L41/22 ,  H04L41/022 ,  H04L41/0233 ,  H04L41/0604 ,  H04L41/0803

摘要： A method of interacting with a managed data network entity is provided. The method includes a sequence of steps. A change in the operational state of the managed data network entity is detected. A CLI dictionary entry is retrieved form a CLI dictionary associated with the data network entity. Based on the retrieved CLI dictionary entry, CLI commands are extracted therefrom to configure the managed data network entity to reflect the detected change in the operational state. A CLI command sequence is built from the extracted CLI commands. Each CLI command in the command sequence is sent to the managed data network entity for execution. CLI command responses are monitored. Based on a successful execution of CLI commands send, subsequent CLI commands in the CLI command sequence are sent for execution. The solution provides automated configuration management of data network entities from different vendors when SNMP is not a viable option. The automation eliminates manual CLI command entry in providing network management and service provisioning solutions, provides support for multi-vendor equipment by processing multiple CLI command vocabulary and grammar specifications in the CLI command dictionary. The solution reduces data network entity management costs, downtime, and training time for analysts. The advantages are derived from the ability to add CLI commands to the CLI dictionary providing support for new types of data network entities with human readable code greatly improving the development and maintenance of the network management and service provisioning solution.

公开(公告)号：US07177924B2

公开(公告)日：2007-02-13

申请号：US10222874

申请日：2002-08-19

申请人： Christopher Warren Murray ,  David Wing-Chung Chan ,  Thomas Vincent Flynn

发明人： Christopher Warren Murray ,  David Wing-Chung Chan ,  Thomas Vincent Flynn

IPC分类号： G06F15/173 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L41/22 ,  H04L41/022 ,  H04L41/0233 ,  H04L41/0604 ,  H04L41/0803

摘要： The solution provides automated Command Line Interface (CLI) based configuration management of managed communications network entities. The automation eliminates manual CLI command entry and provides support for independently-developed multi-vendor equipment by using multiple CLI command vocabularies and CLI command dictionaries associated therewith. The solution reduces communications network entity management costs, downtime, and training time for analysts. The advantages are derived from a generic design of software applications and a manageable object type derivation hierarchy, reducing operational over heads by shielding thereof from updates to the CLI command grammar and/or vocabulary. The methods and apparatus presented herein remove the need for software applications and manageable object type derivation hierarchy to be hard-coded with knowledge of attribute dependencies of CLI commands for each vendor equipment/type supported. The deployment of generically coded manageable object type derivation hierarchy and software applications, is easier to develop and maintain, and would therefore benefit from reduced costs.

摘要翻译： 该解决方案提供了基于管理通信网络实体的自动化命令行接口（CLI）配置管理。 自动化消除了手动CLI命令条目，并通过使用多个CLI命令词汇表和与之相关的CLI命令字典，为独立开发的多厂商设备提供支持。 该解决方案降低了分析师的通信网络实体管理成本，停机时间和培训时间。 优点来源于软件应用程序的通用设计和可管理的对象类型派生层次结构，通过屏蔽其不再更新到CLI命令语法和/或词汇来减少头上的操作。 本文提出的方法和设备消除了对所支持的每个供应商设备/类型的CLI命令的属性依赖性的知识进行硬编码的对软件应用和可管理对象类型导出层次的需求。 通用编码的可管理对象类型派生层次结构和软件应用程序的部署更容易开发和维护，因此可以从降低成本中获益。