WE CLAIM:
1. A system (102) for monitoring connectivity between a network node and
one or more network management devices, said system (102) comprising:
5 a data fetching module (212) configured to fetch details of one or
more network management devices from a database (210);
a connectivity monitoring module (214) configured to send, at first
predetermined intervals, a connectivity request to each of said one or more
network management devices based on the fetched details, and determine a
10 connectivity status for each of said one or more network management
devices based on responses to said connectivity requests; and
a notification module (216) configured to notify an operational unit
to perform an action when at least one of said one or more network
management devices is determined to be not connected.
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2. The system (102) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said details comprise one
or more of device identifiers, network addresses, authentication parameters,
and operational status information.
20 3. The system (102) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said connectivity request
comprises a network probe configured to test responsiveness of the one or
more network management devices.
4. The system (102) as claimed in claim 1 further comprises an authentication
25 module (218), wherein the authentication module (218) configured to
perform at a second predetermined intervals, after said determining, an
authentication with said one or more network management devices, wherein
said authentication module (218) is configured to send an authentication
request to each of said one or more network management devices to perform
30 the authentication; and said notification module (216) is configured to notify
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an administrative unit (220) to reset authentication credentials of said one
or more network management devices when the authentication fails