Method and apparatus for automatic verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices
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1. A method for automatic verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices comprising:
- accessing a machine-readable map;
accessing validation rules in a machine-readable format wherein said validation rules comprise a declarations attributing portion providing contextual framework for a definition of said validation rules, a rule attributing portion defining a value of an attribute of a device and a rule connecting portion containing one or more of a clause defining connection requirements of said device;
performing a validation step, wherein said validation step comprises comparing said validation rules in machine-readable format with said machine-readable map; and
generating a report of a result of said validation step to provide automatic verification of said machine-readable map of networked devices, wherein said accessing of said machine-readable map does not require accessing said network devices associated with said machine-readable map.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus for automatic verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices. In one method embodiment, the present invention accesses a machine-readable map. Additionally, validation rules are accessed in a machine-readable format. A validation step is performed, wherein the validation step comprises comparing the validation rules in machine-readable format with the machine-readable map. A report of a result of the validation step is then generated. In so doing, a verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices occurs automatically.
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1. A method for automatic verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices comprising:
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accessing a machine-readable map; accessing validation rules in a machine-readable format wherein said validation rules comprise a declarations attributing portion providing contextual framework for a definition of said validation rules, a rule attributing portion defining a value of an attribute of a device and a rule connecting portion containing one or more of a clause defining connection requirements of said device; performing a validation step, wherein said validation step comprises comparing said validation rules in machine-readable format with said machine-readable map; and generating a report of a result of said validation step to provide automatic verification of said machine-readable map of networked devices, wherein said accessing of said machine-readable map does not require accessing said network devices associated with said machine-readable map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An article of manufacture comprising a data storage device readable by a computer, the data storage device tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a method for automatic verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices comprising:
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a network map of devices and connections; a set of validation rules wherein said validation rules comprise a declarations attributing portion providing contextual framework for a definition of said validation rules, a rule attributing portion defining a value of an attribute of a device and a rule connecting portion containing one or more of a clause defining connection requirements of said device; and a validating program, wherein said validating program applies said set of validating rules to said devices and said connections of said network map and generates a message indicating a result of each application of said validating rules wherein accessing of said network map does not require accessing said devices associated with said network map. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An article of manufacture comprising a data storage device readable by a computer, the data storage device tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a method for automatic verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices comprising:
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accessing a machine-readable map comprising; a network device and its attributes; and a network connection and its attributes, said network connection for connecting to said network device, wherein said accessing of said machine-readable map does not require accessing said network device associated with said machine-readable map; accessing validation rules in a machine-readable format, said validation rules in said machine-readable format comprising; a declarations attributing portion providing contextual framework for a definition of said validation rules; a rule attributing portion defining a value of an attribute of said device; and a rule connecting portion containing one or more of a clause defining requirements of connection requirements of said device;
performing a validation step, wherein said validation step comprises comparing said validation rules in machine-readable format with said machine-readable map; andgenerating a report of a result of said validation step. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A data center comprising:
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a plurality of devices;
with each device represented in a machine-readable map; anda plurality of connections coupling said plurality of devices, wherein a validating program applies a set of validating rules to said plurality of devices by comparing said validation rules in a machine-readable format with said machine-readable map wherein said validation rules comprise a declarations attributing portion providing contextual framework for a definition of said validation rules, a rule attributing portion defining a value of an attribute of a device and a rule connecting portion containing one or more of a clause defining connection requirements of said device and said plurality of connections of said machine-readable map generates a message indicating a result of each application of said set of validating rules, wherein accessing of said machine-readable map does not require accessing any of said plurality of devices associated with said machine-readable map. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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26. The data center of dam 25 further comprising:
- a report file containing said message generated by said validating program.
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