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Distributed service subsystem architecture for distributed network management

  • US 6,308,207 B1
  • Filed: 09/09/1997
  • Issued: 10/23/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A Distributed Service Subsystem for managing one or more Computer Systems, comprising:

  • one or more Complexes residing in one or more of the Cabinets containing one or more Managed Components of one or more Computer Systems, wherein each Complex is a collection of related Managed Components and a set of the Cabinets are grouped into a combination of one or more interconnected Complexes;

    one or more Administration Consoles, interconnected with the Cabinets by a Systems Management Network, for controlling the Computer Systems in the Cabinets;

    each Cabinet including a Cabinet Module Interface Controller (CMIC) coupled to one or more Chassis Management Boards (CMBs), wherein the CMIC and CMBs each comprise embedded controllers that are configured in a hierarchy within the Cabinet;

    each CMB being separate from but adapted to communicate with one or more of the Managed Components through a specific interface to the Managed Component, thereby precluding the need for the Managed Components themselves to adapt to the Distributed Service Subsystem; and

    each CMIC offloading management functions from the Administration Console coupled thereto by the Systems Management Network, and isolating the CMBs and Managed Components of a Cabinet from the rest of the Distributed Service Subsystem.

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