Network management system with group naming
US5193152A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 24, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing for arbitrary definintion of groups in a data communication network management system. Groups are added, modified, merged, deleted or displayed as desired by the user so that all members of the arbitrarily defined group can be addressed as a group, for example to do a self test and report results. Collectives can be defined as members of the group and the collectives can be unpacked at the time of issuance of a command rather than at the time of creation of the group so that changes to the collective are reflected as changes to the group automatically. Provision is made for creating groups which are commonly desired and significant group configuration activity is logged to either a printer or a file.
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