SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRIORITIZING ALARMS WITHIN A NETWORK OR DATA CENTER

摘要

Systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms and/or apparatus to manage the plurality of network elements within a network by ranking some or all of the alarm types according to respective measurements and performing a visualization function configured to provide image representative data including alarm type representative objects arranged in accordance with said network element ranking.

主权项

1. An apparatus for managing a plurality of network elements within a network, the apparatus comprising:
a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured for: retrieving, for at least a portion of the network elements to be managed, respective alarm information; performing a ranking function configured to rank alarm types according to at least one of a group consisting of alarm occurrence information and alarm impact information; and performing an alarm visualization function configured to provide image representative data including a group of objects, each object being indicative of alarm occurrence information associated with a respective alarm type, said group of objects being arranged within an image region in accordance with said ranking.