| 摘要 |
<p>A distributed network management system that utilizes policy rules in rendering management decisions. The system includes a policy console that populates and manages network policies in a policy repository. Various network devices coupled to the policy repository download policy rules relevant to the devices for managing network elements associated with each network device (102). Each network device includes a policy decision module for rendering management decisions for its network elements based on the retrieved network policies (112). Each network device further includes a policy enforcement module for enforcing the management decisions and controlling the associated network elements based on the policies (114).</p> |
