Automatically detecting managed servers in a network
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1. A computer readable medium storing instructions to enable a computer to:
- periodically query a network to determine whether any new servers have been added to the network;
from each new server, request a universal unique identifier;
correlate a universal unique identifier and an Internet Protocol address; and
determine whether a server has left the network.
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Abstract
A group of managed servers may be monitored by initially querying the network to determine which servers are present. The present servers may be identified by a universal unique identifier and their Internet Protocol address. A table may be maintained to correlate the Internet Protocol address and the universal unique identifier.
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11 Claims
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1. A computer readable medium storing instructions to enable a computer to:
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periodically query a network to determine whether any new servers have been added to the network; from each new server, request a universal unique identifier; correlate a universal unique identifier and an Internet Protocol address; and determine whether a server has left the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A network comprising:
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at least two servers; and a management desktop console to determine when new servers have been added to said network or removed from said network, said management desktop console to query the network to determine the universal unique identifier for each new server and to correlate a universal unique identifier to an Internet Protocol address. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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