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Dynamically deployable self configuring distributed network management system using a trust domain specification to authorize execution of network collection software on hardware components

  • US 10,230,588 B2
  • Filed: 07/15/2016
  • Issued: 03/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network management method comprising:

  • deploying an arrangement of network task managers on a network or subnetwork, said arrangement of network task managers comprising at least one specification that defines membership and/or privileges within at least one trust domain including specifying;

    a first task manager software authorized to operate on a trust domain,a first hardware computing component upon which the first task manager software is authorized to operate,a second task manager software authorized to operate on the trust domain,a second hardware computing component upon which the second task manager software is authorized by a trust domain specification to operate,a first network collection software,a third hardware computing component upon which the first network collection software is authorized by the trust domain specification to operate,a second network collection software,a fourth hardware computing component upon which the second network collection software is authorized by the trust domain specification to operate, andwherein the trust domain specification includes at least one network collection specification specifying information the first and second network collection software is authorized to collect from the network,executing said first task manager software on the specified first hardware computing component to at least in part manage the trust domain,executing said second task manager software on the specified second hardware computing component to at least in part manage the at least one trust domain,executing said first network collection software on the specified third hardware computing component to collect information about the network, subnetwork or host computing system(s), andexecuting said second network collection software on the specified fourth hardware computing component to collect further information about the network, subnetwork or host computing system(s),wherein the method further includes specifying, with the trust domain specification, hardware computing components as members of a trust domain authorized to execute softwares and to communicate with other members of the trust domain.

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