Method and apparatus for facilitating the management of networked devices
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1. A network management service comprising:
- an agent discovery service, including a discovery function to broadcast agent discovery messages to discover remote agents, if any, and a registration function to register discovered remote agents; and
a file transfer service, to send information to and receive information from remote systems.
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Abstract
A network management service for facilitating the management of networked devices by network management applications (a.k.a., agents) is described. In a first embodiment, the network management service for facilitating the management of networked devices by network management applications (a.k.a., agents) comprises an agent discovery service for discovering and registering remote management agents, and a file transfer service operative to send information to and receive information from remote systems.
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36 Claims
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1. A network management service comprising:
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an agent discovery service, including a discovery function to broadcast agent discovery messages to discover remote agents, if any, and a registration function to register discovered remote agents; and a file transfer service, to send information to and receive information from remote systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A network management service comprising:
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an agent discovery service, including a discovery function to broadcast agent discovery messages to discover remote agents, and a registration function to register discovered remote agents; and a remote execution service through which the network management service can initiate execution of an application on discovered agents, and through which remote agents can initiate execution of local applications. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A network management service comprising:
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a file transfer service, to send information to and receive information from remote systems; and a remote execution service through which execution of discovered agents can be initiated, and through which remote agents can initiate local execution of applications. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer system including an operating system, the computer system further comprising:
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an agent discovery service, including a discovery function to broadcast agent discovery messages to remote agents, and a registration function to register discovered remote agents; and a file transfer service, to send information to and receive information from remote systems. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer comprising:
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a storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions which, when executed, implement a network management service including an agent discovery service to discover remote agents within a network of computer systems and to register discovered remote agents, and a simple file transfer service to transfer information to and receive information from remote systems; and an execution unit, coupled to the storage medium, to executing the programming instructions. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A computer configured to enable advanced network management functions within a computer network, the computer comprising:
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a storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions to implement a network management service including a simple file transfer service to transfer information to and receive information from remote systems, and a remote execution service through which execution of discovered agents can be initiated and through which remote agents can initiate local execution of applications; and an execution unit, coupled to the storage medium, to execute the programming instructions. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A method for implementing advanced network management functions in a computer network, the method comprising:
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(a) discovering remote agents operative on the network, independent of any particular operating system residing on network devices; (b) enabling a file transfer service for transferring files between network devices, independent of any particular operating system residing on the network devices; and (c) providing a remote execution service for initiating execution of an application on remote network devices, independent of any particular operating system residing on the remote network devices. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. A computer system comprising:
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a plurality of processors cooperatively implementing an operating system (OS) a network input/output interface, through which the plurality of processors communicate with remote network devices through services provided by the OS; and a network management service, in communication with at least a subset of the plurality of processors, the network management service including an agent discovery unit, coupled to the network input/output interface of the computer system, to broadcast discovery packets to discover and register remote agents, a file transfer unit, coupled to the network input/output interface of the computer system, to send/receive files from remote network devices, independent of any particular operating system residing on the remote network devices, and a remote execution unit, coupled to the network input/output interface of the computer system, to initiate execution of applications on remote network devices, independent of any particular operating system residing on the remote network devices. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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36. A machine readable medium having stored therein a plurality of machine executable instructions which, when executed, implement an advanced network management service including an agent discovery service to discover remote agents within the network of computer systems and to register discovered remote agents, a simple file transfer service to transfer files to and receive files from remote computers, and a remote execution service, through which the server can initiate execution of applications on remote computers independent of any particular operating system residing on the remote agents.
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