Network appliance mapping
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1. A solution appliance with appliance status feedback, the solution appliance comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
a memory containing a program which, when executed by the one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising;
administering resources in response to selection of tasks presented on a user interface, the resources including a first resource provided by a functional appliance to the solution appliance for administration, wherein the functional appliance and the solution appliance are manageable by distinct administrators including a system administrator and a solution administrator, respectively;
assigning the first resource for use by a specified task of a guest user, the guest user having a guest user role that includes permission to use the first resource from the functional appliance;
assigning, to the guest user role, access to status information of the functional appliance;
upon receiving an indication of a status change of the functional appliance accessing a resource map linking the resources to the tasks, in order to identify an impact of the status change; and
generating an indication of the identified impact of the status change, whereafter the indication is output via the user interface.
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes a method that includes, by a solution appliance configured to administer resources in response to authorized users selecting tasks presented in a user interface, receiving an indication of a status change for a functional appliance configured to provide at least one of the resources, accessing a resource map that links the resources to the tasks, and indicating the status change for the functional appliance on the user interface based on the resource map.
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1. A solution appliance with appliance status feedback, the solution appliance comprising:
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one or more computer processors; a memory containing a program which, when executed by the one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising; administering resources in response to selection of tasks presented on a user interface, the resources including a first resource provided by a functional appliance to the solution appliance for administration, wherein the functional appliance and the solution appliance are manageable by distinct administrators including a system administrator and a solution administrator, respectively; assigning the first resource for use by a specified task of a guest user, the guest user having a guest user role that includes permission to use the first resource from the functional appliance; assigning, to the guest user role, access to status information of the functional appliance; upon receiving an indication of a status change of the functional appliance accessing a resource map linking the resources to the tasks, in order to identify an impact of the status change; and generating an indication of the identified impact of the status change, whereafter the indication is output via the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method to provide appliance status feedback, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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by a solution appliance configured to administer resources in response to a selection of tasks presented in a user interface, the resources including a first resource provided by a functional appliance to the solution appliance for administration; assigning the first resource for use by a specified task of a guest user, the guest user having a guest user role that includes permission to use the first resource; assigning, to the guest user role, access to status information of the functional appliance; upon receiving an indication of a status change of the functional appliance, accessing, by operation of one or more computer processors, a resource map linking the resources to the presented tasks, in order to identify an impact of the status change; and generating an indication of the identified impact of the status change, whereafter the indication is output via the user interface; wherein the functional appliance and the solution appliance are manageable by distinct administrators including a system administrator and a solution administrator, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product to provide appliance status feedback, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more computer processors to perform an operation comprising; administering resources in response to selection of tasks presented on a user interface, the resources including a first resource provided by a functional appliance to a solution appliance for administration, wherein the functional appliance and the solution appliance are manageable by distinct administrators including a system administrator and a solution administrator, respectively; assigning the first resource for use by a specified task of a guest user, the guest user having a guest user role that includes permission to use the first resource from the functional appliance; assigning, to the guest user role, access to status information of the functional appliance; upon receiving an indication of a status change of the functional appliance, accessing a resource map linking the resources to the tasks, in order to identify an impact of the status change; and generating an indication of the identified impact of the status change, whereafter the indication is output via the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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