System and method for network element management

摘要

A system and method for network element management includes a management window, a scroll buffer configured to store commands and responses, a console pane displayed in the management window and displaying a portion of the scroll buffer, and data structures. The system connects to a network element associated with network objects using a network, accept commands in the console pane, parse the commands, send the commands to the network element, receive and parse responses from the network element, update the data structures based on the commands and responses, create hot spots in the scroll buffer based on the commands and responses, spawn a GUI dialog based on a first network object associated with a first hot spot when the first hot spot is activated, and provide copies of first data structures selected from the data structures to the GUI dialog. The first data structures are associated with the first network object.

主权项

1. A context-aware splicer for managing network elements, the splicer comprising:
a management window; a scroll buffer configured to store commands and responses; a console pane displayed in the management window and being configured to display a portion of the scroll buffer; and one or more data structures; wherein the splicer is configured to:
connect to a network element using a network, the network element being associated with one or more network objects;accept commands entered in the console pane;parse the commands;send the commands to the network element over the network;receive responses from the network element over the network;parse the received responses;update the one or more data structures based on information associated with the parsed commands and the parsed responses, each of the one or more data structures being associated with a corresponding network object selected from the one or more network objects;create one or more hot spots in the scroll buffer over one or more corresponding network object identifiers detected in previously entered and parsed commands and the received and parsed responses, the one or more corresponding network objects being selected from the one or more network objects;determine whether a first hot spot selected from the one or more hot spots is activated;spawn a first GUI dialog based on a first network object associated with the first hot spot when the first hot spot is activated; andprovide copies of one or more first data structures selected from the one or more data structures to the first GUI dialog, the one or more first data structures being associated with the first network object.