DYNAMICALLY DEPLOYABLE SELF CONFIGURING DISTRIBUTED NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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1. A network management method comprising:
- deploying a network collection software arrangement on a network, subnetwork or host computing system(s), said network collection software arrangement comprising a trust domain specification specifying at least;
at least one network collection software,at least one hardware computing component upon which the network collection software is authorized to operate,at least one network specification which specifies at least one network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s) to be managed as part of a trust domain,at least one network collection specification which describes information the network collection software is authorized to collect from the network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s),at least one authorization specification authorizing the at least one network collection software to operate against the specified network collection specification by collecting information and/or managing the identified network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s), andat least one hardware computing component, andexecuting said at least one network collection software on the specified at least one hardware computing component to at least in part manage the specified network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s) in accordance with at least an aspect of the trust domain specification, wherein the at least one hardware computing component includes a processor, storage, network interface, and operating system software.
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Abstract
Systems, software, and methods for managing networks of connected electronic devices are described. In one example, network management policy and network management applications are transferred automatically upon detection and identification of a new device, protocol or application on the network. In another example, information related to at least one aspect of the network is obtained by an NMAS, and at least one applicable management policy is identified by the NMAS; and the identified policy is used to manage at least one aspect of the network'"'"'s operation.
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29 Claims
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1. A network management method comprising:
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deploying a network collection software arrangement on a network, subnetwork or host computing system(s), said network collection software arrangement comprising a trust domain specification specifying at least; at least one network collection software, at least one hardware computing component upon which the network collection software is authorized to operate, at least one network specification which specifies at least one network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s) to be managed as part of a trust domain, at least one network collection specification which describes information the network collection software is authorized to collect from the network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s), at least one authorization specification authorizing the at least one network collection software to operate against the specified network collection specification by collecting information and/or managing the identified network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s), and at least one hardware computing component, and executing said at least one network collection software on the specified at least one hardware computing component to at least in part manage the specified network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s) in accordance with at least an aspect of the trust domain specification, wherein the at least one hardware computing component includes a processor, storage, network interface, and operating system software. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A network management system comprising:
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a network collection software arrangement deployed on a network, subnetwork or host computing system(s), said network collection software arrangement comprising; a trust domain specification specifying at least; at least one network collection software, at least one hardware computing component upon which the network collection software is authorized to operate, at least one network specification which specifies at least one network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s) to be managed as part of a trust domain, at least one network collection specification which describes information the network collection software is authorized to collect from the network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s), at least one authorization specification authorizing the at least one network collection software to operate against the specified network collection specification by collecting information and/or managing the identified network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s), and at least one hardware computing component, and wherein the specified at least one hardware computing component includes a processor, storage, network interface, and operating system software, and executes said at least one network collection software to at least in part manage the specified network, subnetwork, or host computing system(s) in accordance with at least an aspect of the trust domain specification. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A network management method comprising:
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deploying network collection software on a network; providing a trust domain specification authorizing one or more network collection software(s) to operate on at least one specified hardware computing component; providing a network collection specification authorizing the network collection software to collect specified information from the network, and interoperating the network collection software in accordance with at least a portion of the trust domain specification and at least a portion of the network collection specification to thereby execute the network collection software on the specified at least one hardware computing component and collect the specified information from the network in accordance with the network collection specification.
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