Patent ID: 9544181
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A communication network management system comprising: a management interface implemented with hardware that supports communications with communication nodes and that enables management information to be exchanged with a node management module at a communication node over a connection with the communication node; a communication link management module, implemented using hardware, firmware, or processing elements, that exchanges the management information with the node management module at the communication node, the management information comprising management information associated with the communication node and management information associated with a peer communication node that communicates with the communication node through a communication link, to manage both the communication node and the peer communication node through the connection with the communication node; a display operatively coupled to the communication link management module, the communication link management module being configured to provide on the display a Graphical User Interface (GUI) comprising: a first graphical element representing the communication node; a second graphical element representing the peer communication node; and a third graphical element indicating a communication port of that the communication node that is a source port of a current management session for managing the communication node and the peer communication node, and is currently being used to exchange the management information with the management system.