Methods for displaying physical network topology and environmental status by location, organization, or responsible party
First Claim
1. A method for mass configuration of a plurality of network appliances, the method comprising:
- displaying, to a user, configuration data associated with each of the plurality of network appliances, the configuration data including at least one parameter applicable to every network appliance of the plurality of network appliances;
receiving an update for the configuration data from the user, the update specifying a new value for the at least one parameter;
receiving a plurality of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) communications from the plurality of network appliances, each of the plurality of HTTP communications respectively corresponding to a network appliance of the plurality of network appliances; and
transmitting, respectively in response to receiving each of the plurality of HTTP communications, update information specifying the new value of the at least one parameter to a corresponding network appliance of the plurality of network appliances using at least one of a ping, HTTP GET and HTTP POST.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a system for remote monitoring of a space and equipment. The space and equipment may, for example, be a sever room and associated network equipment. The system has network appliances, a server, and a client machine. The server receives data from a network appliance. The server may then deliver an application and data to the client machine for viewing and manipulating the data. The client machine may display the data as a mapping, displaying icons associated with the network appliances. The client machine may also graph the data. Further, the client machine may manipulate the organization of the data, the configuration settings of the network appliances, and store map and graph configurations.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for mass configuration of a plurality of network appliances, the method comprising:
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displaying, to a user, configuration data associated with each of the plurality of network appliances, the configuration data including at least one parameter applicable to every network appliance of the plurality of network appliances; receiving an update for the configuration data from the user, the update specifying a new value for the at least one parameter; receiving a plurality of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) communications from the plurality of network appliances, each of the plurality of HTTP communications respectively corresponding to a network appliance of the plurality of network appliances; and transmitting, respectively in response to receiving each of the plurality of HTTP communications, update information specifying the new value of the at least one parameter to a corresponding network appliance of the plurality of network appliances using at least one of a ping, HTTP GET and HTTP POST. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for mass configuration of a plurality of network appliances, the system comprising:
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an output; an input; a network interface; and a controller coupled to the output, the input and the network interface and configured to; display, to a user, configuration data associated with each of the plurality of network appliances via the output, the configuration data including at least one parameter applicable to every network appliance of the plurality of network appliances; receive an update for the configuration data from the user via the input, the update specifying a new value for the at least one parameter; receive a plurality of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) communications from the plurality of network appliances via the network interface, each of the plurality of HTTP communications respectively corresponding to a network appliance of the plurality of network appliances; and transmit, respectively in response to receiving each of the plurality of HTTP communications, update information specifying the new value of the at least one parameter to a corresponding network appliance of the plurality of network appliances via the network interface using at least one of a ping, HTTP GET and HTTP POST. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instruction for performing mass configuration of a plurality of network appliances, including instructions that will cause at least one processor to:
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display, to a user, configuration data associated with each of the plurality of network appliances, the configuration data including at least one parameter applicable to every network appliance of the plurality of network appliances; receive an update for the configuration data from the user, the update specifying a new value for the at least one parameter; receive a plurality of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) communications from the plurality of network appliances, each of the plurality of HTTP communications respectively corresponding to a network appliance of the plurality of network appliances; and transmit, respectively in response to receiving each of the plurality of HTTP communications, update information specifying the new value of the at least one parameter to a corresponding network appliance of the plurality of network appliances using at least one of a ping, HTTP GET and HTTP POST.
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