Patent ID: 7904533

Claim:
A computer implemented method, comprising: parsing router configurations of a plurality of routers to create a set of port data including port data for each port on the plurality of routers, wherein the port data for each port on the plurality of routers includes a corresponding customer name; integrating the set of port data and a customer database, wherein the customer database comprises a customer names list that includes, for each specific customer, a list of customer names used by the specific customer, wherein the integrating comprises, for each specific customer, using the customer names list to integrate the port data that includes a corresponding customer name included in the list of customer names used by the specific customer with customer data of the specific customer in the customer database, and wherein the integrating creates an integrated database separate from the plurality of routers; and determining a customer-specific impact of a proposed action on at least one of the plurality of routers based on the integrated database and the proposed action.