Method and Apparatus for Facilitating Communication Between a Managed System and Management Systems
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a management request from a management system, wherein the management request is formatted using a protocol;
identifying, using the protocol, a protocol agent adapted for processing the management request;
identifying, using the management request, a protocol entity of the identified protocol agent;
identifying a logical system entity associated with the identified protocol entity, wherein the logical system entity is identified using a mapping between the protocol entity and the logical system entity; and
triggering the identified logical system entity to perform a management task specified by the management request.
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Abstract
The invention includes an apparatus and associated methods for facilitating communication between a managed system and management systems. The apparatus includes at least one protocol agent and a management layer. A protocol agent is adapted for communicating with at least one management system using a protocol. The protocol agent includes at least one protocol entity. The management layer is adapted for facilitating communication between the at least one protocol entity and system hardware including a plurality of physical system entities. The management layer includes a plurality of logical system entities associated with the physical system entities. The management layer supports at least one mapping between the logical system entities of the management layer and the protocol entities of the protocol agent. The apparatus facilitates downstream communications from one or more management systems to the managed system, and upstream communications from the managed system to one or more management systems.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a management request from a management system, wherein the management request is formatted using a protocol; identifying, using the protocol, a protocol agent adapted for processing the management request; identifying, using the management request, a protocol entity of the identified protocol agent; identifying a logical system entity associated with the identified protocol entity, wherein the logical system entity is identified using a mapping between the protocol entity and the logical system entity; and triggering the identified logical system entity to perform a management task specified by the management request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising:
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updating a logical system entity in response to an attribute value change indication from a physical system entity; and in response to updating the logical system entity, triggering a protocol entity of a protocol agent to send at least one notification to a management system using a protocol associated with the protocol agent, wherein the protocol entity is triggered using at least one mapping between the logical system entity and the protocol entity. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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a protocol agent adapted for communicating with at least one management system using a protocol, wherein the protocol agent comprises a plurality of protocol entities; and a management layer adapted for facilitating communication between the at least one protocol entity and system hardware comprising a plurality of physical system entities; wherein the management layer comprises a plurality of logical system entities associated with the physical system entities, wherein the management layer supports at least one mapping between the logical system entities of the management layer and the protocol entities of the protocol agent. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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