US 6,983,362 B1
Configurable fault recovery policy for a computer system
Joseph D. Kidder, Arlington, Mass. (US); and Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., Hopkinton, Mass. (US)
Assigned to Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, Md. (US)
Filed on May 20, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/574,352.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/177 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 713—1 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system comprising:
a default event policy defining responses to detected events indicative of selected faults,
a configurable event policy for modifying the default event policy to define responses to one or more of said detected events that are different than default responses, and
a hierarchical event management system using the default event policy and the configurable event policy to determine a required response to a particular event.