System and method of network address translation in system/network management environment
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1. A computer network system, comprising:
- a server comprising a plurality of server network services hierarchically arranged as a plurality of managed objects, said server maintaining hierarchical and topology information of said managed objects;
a plurality of computer network agents;
a plurality of network consoles;
a network system management system for managing said plurality of agents, said server, said plurality of consoles and said plurality of managed objects; and
a network/system management addressing translation system for translating network addresses based on an internet protocol into logical identifiers to uniquely identify and access said plurality of server, said plurality of agents and said plurality of consoles.
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Abstract
In a computer network system, a mechanism is described for enabling system/network management system to operate in a network address translation environment. Embodiments of the invention allow users to define and specify logical identifiers for agents connecting to the system management network and wishing to communicate with a server layer in the network. The logical identifiers enable the server layer to resolve the addresses of connecting agents to the IP addresses stored and recognized by the server layer.
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37 Claims
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1. A computer network system, comprising:
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a server comprising a plurality of server network services hierarchically arranged as a plurality of managed objects, said server maintaining hierarchical and topology information of said managed objects;
a plurality of computer network agents;
a plurality of network consoles;
a network system management system for managing said plurality of agents, said server, said plurality of consoles and said plurality of managed objects; and
a network/system management addressing translation system for translating network addresses based on an internet protocol into logical identifiers to uniquely identify and access said plurality of server, said plurality of agents and said plurality of consoles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer network management system, comprising:
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system management system components comprising a plurality of network services hierarchically arranged as a plurality of managed hosts;
a rule-based management information base for managing status information of said managed objects; and
a network/system address management system for managing address translations of said managed hosts across a plurality of networks coupled to said system management system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. In a system management network environment having a plurality of server hosts and a plurality of agent hosts, a system management address translation system for translating address access requests between said plurality of servers and said plurality of agents, said system management address translation system, comprising:
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an address translation unit for logically mapping unique address identifiers to resolvable public and private internet protocol (IP) addresses between said plurality of servers and said plurality of agents;
address configuration unit; and
address compatibility unit. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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37. A method of identifying network agents in a managed computer network system, said method comprising:
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defining a unique logical identifier for an agent;
said agent generating a trap request to register with a management server in said computer network system;
receiving said trap request by said management server;
translating said unique logical identifier into a resolvable internet protocol (IP) address for said agent; and
generating a corresponding management information about agent that is stored by said management server. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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