Use of an identification information in a network management

摘要

A method for the operation of network management systems, according to which values of attributes relating to an element are presented to a first manager and values of attributes relating to an element, which correspond to the values of the first manager, are presented to a second manager. The first and second manager determine the same identification information according to the same rule and using at least some of the values as well as store said identification information independently from a modification of the values of attributes relating to the respective element. The identification information is used during communication between the first manager and the second manager for identifying the element.

主权项

1. A method for the operation of at least two network management systems, comprising:
presenting values of attributes relating to an element to a first network management device that is provided for managing elements in a first network management system; presenting a copy of the values of attributes relating to the element to a second network management device that is provided for managing elements in a second network management system, the elements in the first and second network management systems supporting communications between at least two terminal devices via a telecommunications network; generating, by each of the first network management device and the second network management device, an identification information item according to an original configuration of the element using at least some of the values of attributes relating to the element, the identification information item generated by the first network management device and the identification information item generated by the second network management device being the same; storing, by the first network management device and the second network management device, the respective identification information items, the information items being stored independently of a change in values of attributes relating to the element; conveying, to the second network management device, the change of values, presented to the first network management device, of the attributes relating to the element using the identification information items during a communication between the first network management device and the second network management device; and changing, by the second network management device, the values, presented to the second network management device, of the attributes relating to the element, exclusively based on the change of values conveyed to the second network management device by the communication between the first and second network management devices.