Device Management Across Firewall Architecture
First Claim
1. A method for managing one or more devices via an agent located within a firewall and a LAN by a remote host located outside the firewall comprising transmitting an Email from the remote host, wherein the Email includes a EDMP that uses a SMTP, a POP3, or an IMAP as a transport mechanism, to the one or more devices via the agent.
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Abstract
A technique that provides device management network for managing one or more devices located across a firewall. In one example embodiment, this is achieved by sending an Email, including an EDMP-PDU that uses SMTP, POP3, and/or IMAP as a transport mechanism, by a remote host. The Email sent by the remote host is then received by an agent as the firewall is configured to allow the Email. The agent then parses the received Email and reads it. The agent then initiates an action by creating an SNMP command, to be performed on one of the one or more devices, as a function of the parsed Email.
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- 1. A method for managing one or more devices via an agent located within a firewall and a LAN by a remote host located outside the firewall comprising transmitting an Email from the remote host, wherein the Email includes a EDMP that uses a SMTP, a POP3, or an IMAP as a transport mechanism, to the one or more devices via the agent.
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- 19. A device management architecture to manage one or more LAN enabled devices using an agent located within a firewall from a remote host located across a firewall using Email including an EDMP that uses a SMTP, a POP3, or an IMAP as a transport mechanism.
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26. A computer system comprising:
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a network interface; an input module coupled to the network interface that receives the input data via the network interface; a processing unit; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein code which when decoded by the processor, the code causes the processor to perform a method comprising; managing one or more devices via an agent within a firewall and a LAN by a remote host located outside the firewall comprising transmitting an Email from the remote host, wherein the Email includes an EDMP that uses a SMTP, a POP3, or an IMAP as a transport mechanism, to the one or more devices via the agent. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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