Method, system, and apparatus for utilizing device-specific diagnostic settings within a standard management platform
First Claim
1. A system for performing a diagnostic test on one or more managed system elements, the system comprising:
- a managed system element upon which a diagnostic test may be performed;
a diagnostic setting object derived from an industry-standard diagnostic setting object prototype, the diagnostic setting object comprising one or more properties specified by the industry-standard diagnostic setting object prototype and a device-specific settings property identifying one or more settings for the diagnostic test specific to the managed system element; and
a diagnostics control module for performing the diagnostic test on the managed system element, the diagnostics control module operative to customize the diagnostic test according to the device-specific settings property.
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Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus are provided for performing a diagnostic test on one or more managed system elements. The system includes a managed system element upon which the diagnostic test may be performed, a diagnostic setting object, and a diagnostics control module. The diagnostic setting object is derived from an industry-standard diagnostic setting object prototype and includes one or more properties specified by the prototype and a device-specific settings property identifying one or more settings for the diagnostic test specific to the managed system element. The diagnostics control module performs the diagnostic test on the managed system element and customizes the test according to the device-specific settings property in the diagnostic setting object. The diagnostic setting object may also include a precedence property that indicates whether the device-specific settings property should be utilized by the diagnostics control module rather than any default properties specified by the industry-standard diagnostic setting object prototype.
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14 Claims
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1. A system for performing a diagnostic test on one or more managed system elements, the system comprising:
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a managed system element upon which a diagnostic test may be performed;
a diagnostic setting object derived from an industry-standard diagnostic setting object prototype, the diagnostic setting object comprising one or more properties specified by the industry-standard diagnostic setting object prototype and a device-specific settings property identifying one or more settings for the diagnostic test specific to the managed system element; and
a diagnostics control module for performing the diagnostic test on the managed system element, the diagnostics control module operative to customize the diagnostic test according to the device-specific settings property. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for performing a diagnostic test on one or more managed system elements, the method comprising:
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receiving the identity of a managed system element and a diagnostic test to be performed on the managed system element;
receiving the identity of a device-specific diagnostic settings object for the diagnostic test specific to the managed system element; and
executing a diagnostics control module for performing the diagnostic test on the managed system element, the diagnostics control module operative to customize the diagnostic test according to the device-specific settings property. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium having an extensible markup language data stricture stored thereon for use in performing a diagnostic test on a managed system element, the data structure comprising:
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a device name tag identifying the device category of the managed system element;
a field name tag identifying the managed system element;
a test name tag identifying the diagnostic test;
one or more device-specific setting tags identifying one or more settings for the diagnostic test specific to the managed system element; and
the data structure being configured for use by a diagnostic setting object derived from an industry-standard diagnostic setting object prototype, the diagnostic setting object comprising one or more properties specified by the industry-standard diagnostic setting object prototype and a device-specific settings property comprising the data structure.
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