Computer network management information system
First Claim
1. A computer network comprising:
- a system management subsystem including a host computer programmed to monitor network resources; and
one or more operational subsystems, each including;
a host computer and a plurality of network resources managed by the host computer, andnotifying means for communicating management information describing said plurality of network resources managed by said host computer of said operational computer subsystem, wherein said management information is gathered in a non-standard format peculiar to the operational subsystem and is communicated to the host computer in the system management subsystem while said operational subsystem is in communication with said system management subsystem over said network; and
wherein said system management subsystem includes state display means for displaying at least some of the management information in a standardized format that differs from the non-standard format and that is understood by other computer systems.
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Abstract
A computer system comprises a system management subsystem and one or more operational subsystems, which are connected in a network, and the operational computer subsystem comprises notifying means for notifying management information relating to all resources under the management of a host computer to the system management subsystem, and verifying means for verifying the resources under the management in accordance with an instruction of the system management subsystem, notifying the results to the system management subsystem, and the system management subsystem comprises state display means for displaying a total system state in a standardized format common to the whole system, and instructing means for instructing the verifying means to verify.
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1. A computer network comprising:
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a system management subsystem including a host computer programmed to monitor network resources; and one or more operational subsystems, each including; a host computer and a plurality of network resources managed by the host computer, and notifying means for communicating management information describing said plurality of network resources managed by said host computer of said operational computer subsystem, wherein said management information is gathered in a non-standard format peculiar to the operational subsystem and is communicated to the host computer in the system management subsystem while said operational subsystem is in communication with said system management subsystem over said network; and wherein said system management subsystem includes state display means for displaying at least some of the management information in a standardized format that differs from the non-standard format and that is understood by other computer systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer network comprising:
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a system management subsystem, including a host computer programmed to monitor network resources; and one or more operational subsystems, each including; a host computer and a plurality of network resources managed by said host computer; notifying means for communicating management information describing said plurality of network resources managed by said host computer of said operational subsystem, wherein said management information is gathered in a non-standard format peculiar to the operational subsystem and is communicated to the host computer in the system management subsystem while said operational subsystem is in communication with said system management subsystem over said network; verifying means, coupled to the system management subsystem and to the operational subsystem, for actively verifying resources managed by said host computer of said operational subsystem, in response to an instruction of said system management subsystem, and for communicating verification results to said system management subsystem; wherein said system management subsystem includes; state display means for displaying at least some of the management information in a standardized format that differs from the non-standard format and that is understood by other computer systems; and instructing means for instructing said verifying means to verify. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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