METHODS FOR DISPLAYING PHYSICAL NETWORK TOPOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS BY LOCATION, ORGANIZATION, OR RESPONSIBLE PARTY
First Claim
1. A system, the system comprising:
- at least one network appliance;
a server, the server communicatively coupled to the at least one network application, the server comprising;
means for storing sensor data gathered from the at least one network appliance;
means for storing instructions operable to enable the client machine to submit requests for the sensor data, to display the sensor data, and to manipulate the sensor data; and
means for transferring the instructions to the client machine; and
a client machine, the client machine communicatively coupled to the server, the client machine comprising;
means for acquiring instructions from the server, the instructions operable for requesting from the server data associated with one or more network appliances, the instructions operable for displaying the data associated with one or more network appliances, and the instructions operable for manipulating the server data associated with one or more network appliances; and
means for operating with said instructions.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a system for remote monitoring of a space and equipment. The space and equipment may, for example, be a sever room and associated network equipment. The system has network appliances, a server, and a client machine. The server receives data from a network appliance. The server may then deliver an application and data to the client machine for viewing and manipulating the data. The client machine may display the data as a mapping, displaying icons associated with the network appliances. The client machine may also graph the data. Further, the client machine may manipulate the organization of the data, the configuration settings of the network appliances, and store map and graph configurations.
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37 Claims
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1. A system, the system comprising:
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at least one network appliance; a server, the server communicatively coupled to the at least one network application, the server comprising; means for storing sensor data gathered from the at least one network appliance; means for storing instructions operable to enable the client machine to submit requests for the sensor data, to display the sensor data, and to manipulate the sensor data; and means for transferring the instructions to the client machine; and a client machine, the client machine communicatively coupled to the server, the client machine comprising; means for acquiring instructions from the server, the instructions operable for requesting from the server data associated with one or more network appliances, the instructions operable for displaying the data associated with one or more network appliances, and the instructions operable for manipulating the server data associated with one or more network appliances; and means for operating with said instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A server, the server communicatively coupled to a client machine, the server communicatively coupled to at least one network appliance, the server comprising:
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means for storing sensor data gathered from the at least one network appliance; means for storing instructions operable to enable the client machine to submit requests for the sensor data, to display the sensor data, and to manipulate the sensor data; and means for transferring the instructions to the client machine. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A client machine, the client machine communicatively coupled to a server, the client machine comprising:
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means for acquiring instructions from the server, the instructions operable for requesting from the server data associated with one or more network appliances, the instructions operable for displaying the data associated with one or more network appliances, and the instructions operable for manipulating the data associated with one or more network appliances; means for operating with said instructions. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for configuring more than one network appliances, the method comprises:
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storing configuration data associated with the more than one network appliances on a device accessible by at least one of the more than one network appliances; pinging the device accessible by the at least one of the more than one network appliances, the at least one of the more than one network appliances pinging the device; and transferring at least part of the configuration data to the at least one of the more than one network appliances. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. The method of 36 wherein the step of changing comprises:
manipulating a parameter associated with several network appliances to a same value for each of the several network appliances.
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