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Graphical user interface for computer management system and an associated management information base

  • US 5,559,958 A
  • Filed: 08/20/1993
  • Issued: 09/24/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for managing from a management console, a plurality of file servers networked thereto, each said file server having at least one manageable device associated therewith, comprising the steps of:

  • displaying, at said management console, a list of said networked file servers;

    selecting, from a list of said networked file servers, a file server to be managed;

    displaying a plurality of subsystems for said selected file server;

    selecting, from said plurality of displayed subsystems, a subsystem to be viewed;

    selectively viewing management information which describes said selected subsystem; and

    modifying the operation of said selected file server based upon said viewed management informationwherein said subsystems for each said file server include a first subsystem which contains management information for a first manageable device associated with said file server and a second subsystem which contains management information for said file server.

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