Patent ID: 6356282
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
Apparatus for use with a distributed network management system having alarm generation agents which generate alarms indicating the status of devices in a network, an alarm log for receiving and storing the alarms and an alarm manager which displays the contents of the alarm log in a scrollable list wherein only a predetermined number of items on the list are displayed, the apparatus comprising:a user interface for receiving a command from a user of the alarm manager which command indicates whether the scrollable list should scroll in response to an alarm being received in the alarm log; and a scrolling function which is responsive to an alarm being received in the alarm log for adding the received alarm to the list and to the user command for controlling the scrollable list for switching between a first mode in which the list scrolls automatically in response to each received alarm so that the most recent alarm is always displayed and a second mode in which the list does not scroll automatically in response to each received alarm so that each received alarm can be manually scrolled into view and selected from the list, but a selected alarm remains displayed as alarms are received.