Patent ID: 7177924

Claim:
A command line interface (CLI) framework of a network management system (NMS) for invoking an action as requested by a managed object server (MOS) of said NMS, said action to be performed by a vendor-specific managed data network entity, the CLI framework comprising: a validation module for assessing a correctness of a set of attributes of a notification acting as a request for said invoking of said action and received by the CLI framework from said MOS, said validation module for, in an event said set of attributes of said notification are assessed by said validation module to be incorrect, providing to said MOS a corrective attribute feedback output for enabling said MOS to learn a correct set of attributes to enable said MOS to generate a correct notification with a correct set of attributes to act as a correct request for said invoking of said action; a processor for generating, in an event said set of attributes of said notification are assessed by said validation module to be correct, a CLI command sequence for invoking performance of said action, with use of said notification and a plurality of CLI vocabulary and grammar specifications; and a communications module for sending the CLI command sequence to said vendor-specific managed data network entity, for execution by said vendor-specific managed data network entity to perform said action as requested by said MOS.