US Patent 7865593 Apparatus and method for managing a network

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server comprising a controller to monitor a physical layer, a data link layer and a network layer of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network, obtain a plurality of alarm signals from one or more of the physical layer, the data link layer and the network layer that are associated with an undesired condition of the IPTV network, synthesize the plurality of alarm signals to determine a correlation, obtain topology information associated with network devices in the IPTV network, and isolate the undesired condition to a network component in the IPTV network using the correlation and the topology information. Other embodiments are disclosed.