NETWORK ELEMENT CONNECTION MANAGEMENT WITHIN A NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to receive a logical command, the logical command being associated with a target identifier of a network element, determine connection parameters of the network element based on the target identifier, define a work flow based on the logical command, the work flow including a connection manager work unit, and execute the connection manager work unit to retrieve a connection from a connection pool based on the connection parameters.
1 . A method, comprising:
maintaining a connection to a network element;
testing the connection to determine a status of the connection;
determining whether to evict the connection based on the status of the connection; and
evicting the connection based on a determination to evict the connection.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the connection is an idle connection.
3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the status of the connection indicates that the connection has been idle for a period of time that exceeds an acceptable period of time.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the status of the connection indicates that the connection is associated with a low-priority user.
5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the status of the connection indicates that physical connections to the network elements are exhausted.
6 . A method, comprising:
maintaining a connection to a network element;
testing the connection to determine a status of the connection;
determining whether to share the connection based on the status of the connection; and
sharing the connection based on a determination to share the connection.
7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the sharing the connection comprises interleaving multiple sessions on a physical connection.
8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the status of the connection indicates that an idle connection is unavailable.
9 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the status of the connection indicates that physical connections to the network elements are exhausted.
10 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the determining comprises examining physical connection associated with the network.
11 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code which when executed causes a computer to perform a method comprising:
maintaining a connection to a network element;
testing the connection to determine a status of the connection;
determining whether to evict the connection based on the status of the connection; and
evicting the connection based on a determination to evict the connection.
12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the connection is an idle connection.
13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the status of the connection indicates that the connection has been idle for a period of time that exceeds an acceptable period of time.
14 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the status of the connection indicates that the connection is associated with a low-priority user.
15 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the status of the connection indicates that physical connections to the network elements are exhausted.
16 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code which when executed causes a computer to perform a method comprising:
maintaining a connection to a network element;
testing the connection to determine a status of the connection;
determining whether to share the connection based on the status of the connection; and
sharing the connection based on a determination to share the connection.
17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the sharing the connection comprises interleaving multiple sessions on a physical connection.
18 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the status of the connection indicates that an idle connection is unavailable.
19 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the status of the connection indicates that physical connections to the network elements are exhausted.
20 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the determining comprises examining physical connection associated with the network.