Patent ID: 7991872
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for vertically integrating telecommunications network management across multiple transport domains and network layers to support end to end network management comprising: establishing a network inventory database for Layer 1 optical network devices in a managed domain; discovering all Ethernet cards from the managed domain; discovering all ports on the Ethernet cards; discovering all Layer 2 topologies in the managed domain; discovering all virtual local area networks in the managed domain; creating an inventory database of key relationships between Layer 2 information, the Layer 2 information including discovered Ethernet ports, Layer 2 topology, and virtual local area networks, and the Layer 1 optical network; indicating configuration information associated with all of the Ethernet ports provisioned on the Layer 2 topology in the managed domain comprising: showing a network connectivity, wherein the network connectivity includes connectivity selected from the group consisting of Wide Area Network ports associated with the identified Ethernet ports and a configured network bandwidth, virtual local area network identification and a service profile.