Method and apparatus for configuration management in communications networks

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PATENT NO 6349306
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09183701

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Apparatus and method for monitoring parameters that govern the operational characteristics of a network device, including the use of templates for generating configuration records of network devices of a selected model type. A database of models is provided, each model representing an associated network device and including attribute values for the parameters of the associated network device. Templates are used to screen a model in order to retrieve values for each of the attributes and create a configuration record. The configuration records may be stored in the configuration manager or other storage device, and/or transferred to the pre-existing model database for use by a network management system in reconfiguring the associated network devices. This system for configuration management is less time consuming, expensive, and error prone than prior systems.

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COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK INCONE CA PLAZA ISLANDIA NY 11749

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Malik, Rajiv Nashua, NH 35 1873
Sycamore, Steve Nashua, NH 7 1620
Tracy, Bill Chelmsford, MA 2 403

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