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A mechanism and method for integrating a managed network with a network management system is described. The network management system is used to manage, maintain, and display information about one or more managed networks and network devices in them. Devices in the managed network are upgraded by co

A mechanism and method for integrating a managed network with a network management system is described. The network management system is used to manage, maintain, and display information about one or more managed networks and network devices in them. Devices in the managed network are upgraded by connecting a browser to the network management system, describing devices in the managed network, and selecting appropriate upgrades. The mechanism and method verify that the upgrades can be successfully downloaded to the devices of the managed network. Intelligence about the managed network is automatically gathered, so that the user is presented with a display of only those upgrades that are pertinent to the user's managed network. In another aspect, the mechanism and method facilitate creation and submission to the network management system of problem reports that describe problems with devices in the managed network.

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1. A method for automated upgrading of one or more network routing devices in a managed network, the method comprising the steps of:issuing one or more discovery messages to discover network routing device information from the one or more network routing devices, wherein the network routing device i

1. A method for automated upgrading of one or more network routing devices in a managed network, the method comprising the steps of:issuing one or more discovery messages to discover network routing device information from the one or more network routing devices, wherein the network routing device information includes software operating system configuration data about the one or more network routing devices of the managed network; identifying, for a network device among the one or more network devices, one or more software operating system image files that contain a software operating system upgrade for upgrading an operating system previously loaded in said network routing device; verifying that the one or more software operating system image files are compatible with such network routing device based on the discovered network routing device information; and storing the one or more software operating system image files in a location facilitating download of the one or more software operating system image files to the network routing device.