Hanh T Tran

US Patent:

6456306, Sep 24, 2002

Filed:

Sep 22, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/668586

Inventors:

Jeff Chin - Belmont CA
Hanh Tran - San Jose CA
Leon Leong - Palo Alto CA

Assignee:

Nortel Networks Limited - St. Laurent

International Classification:

G09G 508

US Classification:

345810, 345853, 345866, 345825, 345804, 345835, 345977, 345792, 709224

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for concurrently displaying from a single window on a network management station the health status of all network devices and objects of a computer network. The network devices may be categorized according to state or device type, as determined by the network manager. The method and apparatus provides a network manager with the ability to determine the current state of network devices and objects within an enterprise network and invoke further actions such as configuration, performance, fault, and security management tasks. The network manager can drag and drop icons from one network management system application window to another network management system application window to obtain fault information about network devices and objects, thus allowing multiple network management system applications to run concurrently on the same network management station. The network manager is further able to add new network devices and objects by dragging site, folder or device icons from one network management system application window to a second network management system application window for displaying the health status of the new devices. The dragged-in devices are added to the appropriate status panes within the second window according to the method of the present invention.