Dynamically deployable self configuring distributed network management system using a trust domain specification to authorize execution of network collection software on hardware components
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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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Abstract
Systems, software, and methods for managing networks of connected electronic devices are described. In one example, network management policy and network management applications are transferred automatically upon detection and identification of a new device, protocol or application on the network. In another example, information related to at least one aspect of the network is obtained by an NMAS, and at least one applicable management policy is identified by the NMAS; and the identified policy is used to manage at least one aspect of the network'"'"'s operation.
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1. A network management method comprising:
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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, and wherein 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), and executing 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 30)
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9. Non-transitory computer readable storage media storing a collection of cooperative network configuration network collection softwares deployed across at least one network, the non-transitory computer readable storage media storing the collection of cooperative network configuration network collection softwares comprising:
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a trust domain comprising; a first network collection arrangement comprising at least a first task manager software and at least a first network collection software executing on a first hardware component on a first network segment, wherein a trust domain specification authorizes the first network collection software to execute on the first hardware component; and a second network collection arrangement comprising at least a second task manager software and at least a second network collection software executing on a second hardware component on a second network segment, wherein the trust domain specification authorizes the second network collection software to execute on the second hardware component; wherein said first and second network collection softwares operate together within the trust domain as a distributed network collection software, wherein the trust domain specification further specifies hardware computing components as members of the trust domain authorized to execute softwares and to communicate with other members of the trust domain. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29)
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19. A network management system comprising:
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an arrangement of network task managers for being deployed on a network or subnetwork, said arrangement of network task managers comprising non-transitory storage media storing at least one specification that defines membership and/or privileges within at least one trust domain 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 at least one trust domain, a second hardware computing component upon which the second task manager software is authorized to operate, a first network collection software, a third hardware computing component upon which the first network collection software is authorized to operate, a second network collection software, a fourth hardware computing component upon which the second network collection software is authorized to operate, and at least one network collection specification specifying information the first and second network collection software is authorized to collect from the network, the specified first hardware computing component executing said first task manager software to at least in part manage the at least one trust domain, the specified second hardware computing component executing said second task manager software to at least in part manage the at least one trust domain, the specified third hardware computing component executing said first network collection software to collect information about the network, subnetwork or host computing system(s), and the specified fourth hardware computing component executing said second network collection software to collect further information about the network, subnetwork or host computing system(s), wherein the trust domain specification further specifies hardware computing components as members of the trust domain authorized to execute softwares and to communicate with other members of the trust domain. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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