Network management system and method for monitoring a partitioned optical transport network and service

Abstract

This disclosure relates to methods and systems for personalizing a network management system. For example, the method comprises receiving a user's credentials at a user device and, after validating the user's credentials, the user device receives at least one network element property describing a network element. The user device then displays the received network element property, the individual interface component functions and applications and interface display suited to that network, based on a predetermined display configuration associated with the validated user credentials based on both predetermined permissions as well as user created settings.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A distributed optical network management system for allowing a user of an optical transport network to access properties of a partitioned optical transport network, comprising:
 an optical transport network comprising a plurality of optical network elements interconnected with optical fiber;   an inventory database specifying how the plurality of optical network elements:
 form a network circuit within the partitioned optical transport network, wherein the network circuit corresponds to a first user, and 
 provide a network service such that the network service is provided based at least in part on the network circuit corresponding to the first user; and 
   a controller configured to:
 (a) retrieve at least one network element property describing the network circuit corresponding to the first user specified by the inventory database; and 
 (b) output the retrieved network element property to at least one user device based at least in part on at least one user-preference. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one property comprises at least one of: a network element ID, a map view of the distributed optical network, a global position, a network location, a table describing a usage, a table describing network elements associated with at least one entity, optical network system trace information of at least one wavelength, a switch number, a line identification, a port number, a total bandwidth usage, bandwidth limitations, a light level, a number of packets received, a number of packets sent, an alarm status, circuit analysis data, or a remaining capacity. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to retrieve, from the user database, a plurality of wavelengths each associated with a specific user,
 wherein (a) further comprises at least one property for the plurality of wavelengths, and   wherein (b) further comprises outputting the at least one property for the plurality of wavelengths to the at least one user device.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to trigger an action to remediate a performance issue on an optical transport network apparatus when the retrieved property satisfies a first user-defined rule. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the action comprises at least one of a notification, a worklist designation, or a control-loop. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the notification comprises at least one of an email, a text message, an automated voice message, an application notification, or a system alarm;
 wherein the worklist designation comprises updating a working list with information describing one or more of the plurality of network elements that satisfied the first user-defined performance rule, the working list having at least a second user-defined rule that is more restrictive than the first user-defined rule; and   wherein the control-loop further comprises initiating at least one of an auto-detect routine, an auto-test routine, or an auto-fix routine.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein (b) further comprises outputting performance information to a specific application on the at least one user device. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the distributed optical network is a disaggregated network, comprising at least one of: (i) optical network elements manufactured by a plurality of manufacturers, (ii) a distributed optical network operated by a plurality of providers, (iii) optical network elements from a plurality of technological generations, or (iv) a distributed optical network wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM), optical transport network (OTN), data center interconnect (DCI), synchronous optical network (SONET), Ethernet, virtual private network (VPN), and software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN). 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the partitioned data network is partitioned based on at least one of a wavelength, a circuit, a service provided, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to, retrieve initial properties of at least one wavelength from a plurality of optical network interface cards and a plurality of optical switches to create a performance baseline of the at least on wavelength. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to communicate with the plurality of optical network elements to determine an inventory of an optical transport network apparatus. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to communicate with the plurality of optical network elements to determine an inventory of wavelengths used on an optical transport network apparatus. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of optical network elements comprises:
 a plurality of optical network interface cards, each configured to be installed at a corresponding location in at least one server rack in a data center, and   a plurality of optical switches, each configured to be installed at a corresponding location in the at least one server rack in the data center.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to predict whether a user defined rule will be satisfied in the future by at least one of a wavelength, circuit, or service provided. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to predict whether the first user-defined rule will be satisfied in the future based at least in part on a rate of change of the at least one property. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to predict whether the first user-defined rule will be satisfied in the future based at least in part on applying the at least one property to a machine learning algorithm. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the controller is implemented in a cloud-based deployment and uses a secure communication link to communicate with the optical transport network apparatus. 
     
     
         18 . A method for accessing optical transport network properties in a distributed optical transport network system with a user device, the method comprising:
 receiving user credentials at an interface of the user device;   sending the received user credentials to a remote server for validation;   receiving, at the user device, data describing an optical transport network comprising a plurality of optical network elements interconnected with optical fiber;   receiving, at the user device, at least one network element property describing at least one wavelength of the optical fiber,   wherein the at least one network element property is determined based on a network circuit specified by an inventory database as corresponding to a user associated with the user device; and   displaying the at least one network element property to an application residing on at least one user device.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein outputting the at least one network property to an application further comprises outputting a notification comprising at least one of an email, a text message, an automated voice message, an application notification, a system alarm or a remedial action. 
     
     
         20 . A disaggregated distributed optical network management system, comprising:
 an optical transport network comprising a plurality of optical network elements interconnected with optical fiber;   an inventory database specifying how the plurality of optical network elements form a network circuit within the optical transport network, wherein the network circuit corresponds to a first user, and provide a network service such that the network service is provided using at least one particular wavelength of the optical fiber that forms the network circuit and specifying which user is provided the network service; and   a controller configured to:
 (a) retrieve at least one network element property describing at least one network circuit corresponding to the first user specified by the inventory database; and 
 (b) output the retrieved network element property to at least one user device, 
   wherein the disaggregated network, comprises at least one of: (i) optical network elements manufactured by a plurality of manufacturers, (ii) a distributed optical network operated by a plurality of providers, (iii) optical network elements from a plurality of technological generations, or (iv) a distributed optical network configured to communicate with at least one other transport technology.