Patent ID: 8032621
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G05B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for presenting network management information to a user in a graphical user interface in which a computer system performs operations comprising: displaying a set of alerts in an alert view, each alert indicating a problem associated with a managed resource operating in a storage area network; receiving a first user selection of a first alert from the alert view; performing an analysis of managed resource data associated with the managed resource experiencing the first alert to identify performance details concerning the first alert in relation to the managed resource data; and presenting the performance details associated with the first alert in a performance view, the performance view including: wherein presenting the performance details associated with the first alert in a performance view further comprises: receiving a second user selection of a second alert from the set of alerts; receiving a third user selection of a second time interval, the first time interval different than the second time interval; scaling a representation of second managed resource data in accordance with the second time interval, the second managed resource data associated with a managed resource experiencing a problem indicated by the second alert; replacing the representation of the first managed resource data rendered in the performance view with a rendering of the representation of the second managed resource data in accordance with the second time interval; and applying the view modifier to render an appropriate topology region and graph region.