NETWORK OPERATIONAL FLAW DETECTION USING METRICS

摘要

In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method receives and monitors performance metrics from network element. The method also includes receiving periodic control metrics corresponding to object instances. Performance metrics and control metrics provide information about operation of object instances. By monitoring the metrics, a network server is able to detect an operational flaw in the network. Monitoring the performance and control metrics in real time increases the speed of detecting any operational flaw in the network.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for detecting operation flaws in a network comprising of network elements, the method comprising:
(a) receiving, by a network management server, metrics corresponding to network instances of objects associated with network elements; (b) generating, by the network management server, a stream of tuples, wherein a tuple includes a network element identifier, a metric, and a network instance identifier, and wherein the metric is either one of one or more performance metrics or a control metric corresponding to the network instance, and wherein the control metric appears periodically in the stream; (c) monitoring, by a monitoring server, the stream of tuples; (d) setting, by the monitoring server, a first flag when a first performance metric corresponding to the network instance is received; (e) detecting, by the monitoring server, the control metric corresponding to the network instance; (f) determining, by the monitoring server, after detecting the control metric in step (e), whether the first flag is set; (g) creating an alert, by an alert server, when step (f) determines that the first flag is not set, wherein the alert indicates an operational flaw; and (h) resetting the first flag, by the monitoring server after it detects the control metric in step (e).