1. A method for managing network connections, comprising: identifying a network failure within a network comprising a plurality of network elements; selecting, in response to identifying the network failure and for the plurality of network elements, a subset of nodal maps from a plurality of nodal maps, wherein the plurality of nodal maps is stored on the plurality of network elements, and wherein the subset of nodal maps describes a plurality of cross-connections of the plurality of nodal maps within a first end-to-end connection in the network; and transmitting, in response to selecting the subset of nodal maps, a plurality of activation requests to trigger the plurality of network elements to implement the subset of nodal maps.