Patent ID: 8032621

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for presenting network management information to a user in a graphical user interface in which a computer system performs operations comprising: displaying a set of alerts in an alert view, each alert indicating a problem associated with a managed resource operating in a storage area network; receiving a first user selection of a first alert from the alert view; performing an analysis of managed resource data associated with the managed resource experiencing the first alert to identify performance details concerning the first alert in relation to the managed resource data; and presenting the performance details associated with the first alert in a performance view, the performance view including: i) a topology region identifying a location of the managed resource experiencing the first alert within the storage area network; and ii) a graph region identifying the first alert in relation to managed resource data for the managed resource experiencing the first alert; wherein presenting the performance details associated with the first alert in a performance view further comprises: determining a view modifier to select based on the first alert, wherein determining a view modifier to select based on the first alert includes, prior to rendering the performance view, automatically identifying a first time interval ideal for representing first managed resource data, the first managed resource data associated with a managed resource experiencing a problem indicated by the first alert; rendering the performance view displaying the selected view modifier, wherein rendering the performance view displaying the selected view modifier comprises: i) scaling a representation of the first managed resource data in the performance view in accordance with the first time interval; and ii) rendering the representation of the first managed resource data in the performance view; receiving a second user selection of a second alert from the set of alerts; receiving a third user selection of a second time interval, the first time interval different than the second time interval; scaling a representation of second managed resource data in accordance with the second time interval, the second managed resource data associated with a managed resource experiencing a problem indicated by the second alert; replacing the representation of the first managed resource data rendered in the performance view with a rendering of the representation of the second managed resource data in accordance with the second time interval; and applying the view modifier to render an appropriate topology region and graph region.