Hardware Component Management Using Visual Graphics
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1. A method for managing hardware components comprising:
- managing hardware components in at least one system at a central management level using visual graphics that present assembly and repair functionality in combination with system health information; and
presenting a visual set of step-by-step instructions through the visual graphics for addition, deletion, and/or replacement of the managed hardware components.
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Abstract
A management system includes a management application that is executable in a central management station and is operative to manage hardware components one or more systems using visual graphics that presents assembly and repair functionality in combination with system health information. The management application is further operative to present a visual set of step-by-step instructions through the visual graphics for addition, deletion, and/or replacement of the managed hardware components.
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1. A method for managing hardware components comprising:
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managing hardware components in at least one system at a central management level using visual graphics that present assembly and repair functionality in combination with system health information; and presenting a visual set of step-by-step instructions through the visual graphics for addition, deletion, and/or replacement of the managed hardware components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A management system comprising:
a management application executable in a central management station operative to manage hardware components in at least one system using visual graphics that present assembly and repair functionality in combination with system health information, the management application further operative to present a visual set of step-by-step instructions through the visual graphics for addition, deletion, and/or replacement of the managed hardware components. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An article of manufacture comprising:
a controller usable medium having a computable readable program code embodied therein for managing hardware components, the computable readable program code further comprising; a code adapted to cause the controller to manage hardware components in at least one system at a central management level using visual graphics that present assembly and repair functionality in combination with system health information; and a code adapted to cause the controller to present a visual set of step-by-step instructions through the visual graphics for addition, deletion, and/or replacement of the managed hardware components.
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