Patent ID: 8266530
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of presenting network alarms through a graphical user interface (GUI) of a Network Management System (NMS), comprising: receiving, in the NMS, first and second sets of alarms, wherein each set of alarms comprises probable cause and perceived severity; presenting the first set of alarms in a first alarm window within the GUI, wherein the first set of alarms satisfies a first alarm filter; presenting the second set of alarms in a second alarm window within the GUI, wherein the second set of alarms satisfies a second alarm filter that is different from the first alarm filter; and storing the first alarm filter and the second alarm filter in a database accessible by a first NMS client on which the GUI is located, wherein the database is also accessible by at least a second NMS client on which a separate implementation of the GUI is located.