Patent ID: 8868718

Claim:
A method for providing scalability in a network resource management system the method comprising: receiving and storing information associated with each element of a plurality of managed elements, the managed elements selected from resources of a network, by a first resource manager system; wherein the information associated with each of the managed elements identifies the managed element and its relationship to selected ones of the remaining managed elements; wherein the first manager system is not one of the managed elements; determining, based on the information received associated with each of the managed elements, a topology of each of the plurality of managed elements from the received network element information by the first system; providing information regarding the topology of the managed elements to perform a root cause analysis from the first resource manager system to a second resource manager system; wherein the second resource manager system is not one of the managed elements; receiving at the second system information indicative of the status of each of the managed elements based on attempted communication between the second system to each of the managed elements; receiving at the second system the selected topology information from the first resource manager system; and performing, at the second system, an analysis of the plurality of managed elements based on the received topology and the received indication of status of the managed elements.