Patent ID: 6954786
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An architecture for a management system, comprising: a front end coupled to a network, comprising, a user interface configured to retrieve user inputs, and display management data, and a front end communications mechanism configured to send management data requests and receive management data responses, wherein the displayed management data is derived from the management data responses; a database of management information coupled to said network; and a back end comprising, a back end communications mechanism configured to receive the management data requests sent by the front end device, a query mechanism configured to query the database of management information to retrieve data related to the management data requests, prepare the management data responses based on the queried management information data, and send the management data responses to the front end; wherein: the management data requests comprise one of a set of request-response pairs that encapsulate all data associated with a single user request; the front end is configured to map each user request to one of the request-response pairs comprising the user request in the request portion and a set of independent requests to the back end for fulfilling the management data request; the back end comprises a master back end; the architecture further comprises a set of multiple second back ends configured to service all or part of the independent requests based on delegation of the mapped independent requests by the master back end; and each back end comprises a processor configured to, search specific Remote Monitoring (RMON) data values that are to be used by the back end as a reference point to search further RMON entries, retrieve data from cache, RMON agents, RMON tables, and other back ends, depending on availability and freshness of the data to be retrieved, intermediate processing of the retrieved data, and encoding response data based on the retrieved data and intermediate processing.