Methods and systems for autonomously managing a network

(54) METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTONOMOUSLY MANAGING A NETWORK

(76) Inventors: Alexander V. Konstantinou, New

York, NY (US); Yechiam Yemeni, Fort
Lee, NJ (US)

Correspondence Address:

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND

DORR LLP

399 PARK AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY 10022 (US)

(21) Appl. No.: 10/925,557

(22) Filed: Aug. 23, 2004

Related U.S. Application Data

(60) Provisional application No. 60/496,683, filed on Aug. 21, 2003.

Publication Classification

(51) Int. CI.7 G06F 7/00

(52) U.S. C I 707 200

(57) ABSTRACT

Methods and systems for autonomously managing computer networks are provided. In a prelerred embodiment ol the invention, management lunctions are organized in a novel two-layer peer-to-peer (P2P) architecture. The bottom layer organizes management information in a unified objectrelationship model, that is instantiated in a distributed transactional object repository. The top layer unifies the traditional roles of managers and elements into a single autonomic management peering layer. Autonomic elements use the repository as a primary management repository, and effect autonomic behavior in terms of transactions over the shared model state. A novel autonomic policy model and language, Object Spreadsheet Language (OSL), in the form of acyclic spreadsheet change propagation rules, and declarative constraints is also provided.