Patent ID: 7646707
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically renaming logical circuit identifiers in a data network, the method comprising: receiving a customer report indicating a network circuit failure in the data network, wherein indicating a network failure comprises receiving trap data indicating the network circuit failure, wherein the trap data comprises status information indicating that a switch in the data network is discarding frames or cells; identifying, in response to the received customer report, a first logical circuit identifier for a first logical circuit in the data network; identifying a second logical circuit identifier for a second logical circuit, wherein the second logical circuit is utilized for rerouting data from the first logical circuit in the data network; comparing the first logical circuit identifier to the second logical circuit identifier; and if the first logical circuit identifier is different from the second logical circuit identifier, renaming the first logical circuit identifier to the second logical circuit identifier without manual intervention.