NETWORK DEVICE MANAGEMENT AND VISUALIZATION

• US 20140059442A1
• Filed: 08/26/2013
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Kanungo, Biswajit, Bangalore, Pramod
• Granted Patent: US 9,875,001 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/206 comprising thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1498 Resource management, Optimisation arrangements, e.g. configuration, identification, tracking, physical location thermal management H05K7/20836

Abstract

Methods, systems and computer readable media for network device management and visualization are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for enterprise network device management, the method comprising:

providing for display, using one or more processors, a device management user interface, the device management user interface being configured to permit adding, deleting or modifying an equipment profile for an equipment rack;

receiving, at the one or more processors, add, edit or delete information corresponding to the equipment rack;

updating, at the one or more processors, the equipment profile;

storing, using the one or more processors, the updated equipment profile; and

updating, using the one or more processors, the device management user interface based on the updated equipment profile.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a servicability agent in the equipment rack, the servicability agent configured to communicate information about the equipment rack to a device management system.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

capturing a status of one or more indicator lights on the equipment rack;

determining network status of one or more ports;

receiving, at the one or more processors, the status of the one or more indicator lights and the network status of the one or more ports; and

displaying a representation of the indicator lights and the network status of the one or more ports.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the indicator light status is captured via periodic polling and the network interface status is determined via simple network management protocol (SNMP).

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining one or more temperatures inside one or more respective components of the equipment rack;

receiving, at the one or more processors, the one or more temperatures;

determining whether each temperature is within one or more predetermined ranges; and

displaying a visual representation of each temperature and an indication of a predetermined range associated with each temperature.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a user interface element corresponding to each port, the user interface element configured to permit a user to change a port type of the corresponding port.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a user interface configured to permit a user to change a description, a location and an interface type for one or more interfaces associated with the equipment rack.

8. A system comprising one or more processors configured to perform operations including:

providing for display, using the one or more processors, a device management user interface, the device management user interface being configured to permit adding, deleting or modifying an equipment profile for an equipment rack;

receiving, at the one or more processors, add, edit or delete information corresponding to the equipment rack;

updating, at the one or more processors, the equipment profile;

storing, using the one or more processors, the updated equipment profile; and

updating, using the one or more processors, the device management user interface based on the updated equipment profile.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further include providing a servicability agent in the equipment rack, the servicability agent configured to communicate information about the equipment rack to a device management system.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further include:

capturing a status of one or more indicator lights on the equipment rack;

determining network status of one or more ports;

receiving, at the one or more processors, the status of the one or more indicator lights and the network status of the one or more ports; and

displaying a representation of the indicator lights and the network status of the one or more ports.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the indicator light status is captured via periodic polling and the network interface status is determined via simple network management protocol (SNMP).

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further include:

obtaining one or more temperatures inside one or more respective components of the equipment rack;

receiving, at the one or more processors, the one or more temperatures;

determining whether each temperature is within one or more predetermined ranges; and

displaying a visual representation of each temperature and an indication of a predetermined range associated with each temperature.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further include:

providing a user interface element corresponding to each port, the user interface element configured to permit a user to change a port type of the corresponding port.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further include:

providing a user interface configured to permit a user to change a description, a location and an interface type for one or more interfaces associated with the equipment rack.

15. A nontransitory computer readable medium having software instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:

providing for display, using the one or more processors, a device management user interface, the device management user interface being configured to permit adding, deleting or modifying an equipment profile for an equipment rack;

receiving, at the one or more processors, add, edit or delete information corresponding to the equipment rack;

updating, at the one or more processors, the equipment profile;

storing, using the one or more processors, the updated equipment profile; and

updating, using the one or more processors, the device management user interface based on the updated equipment profile.

16. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further include providing a servicability agent in the equipment rack, the servicability agent configured to communicate information about the equipment rack to a device management system.

17. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further include:

capturing a status of one or more indicator lights on the equipment rack;

determining network status of one or more ports;

receiving, at the one or more processors, the status of the one or more indicator lights and the network status of the one or more ports; and

displaying a representation of the indicator lights and the network status of the one or more ports,

wherein the indicator light status is captured via periodic polling and the network interface status is determined via simple network management protocol (SNMP).

18. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further include:

obtaining one or more temperatures inside one or more respective components of the equipment rack;

receiving, at the one or more processors, the one or more temperatures;

determining whether each temperature is within one or more predetermined ranges; and

displaying a visual representation of each temperature and an indication of a predetermined range associated with each temperature.

19. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further include:

providing a user interface element corresponding to each port, the user interface element configured to permit a user to change a port type of the corresponding port.

20. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further include:

providing a user interface configured to permit a user to change a description, a location and an interface type for one or more interfaces associated with the equipment rack.