NETWORK APPLIANCE MAPPING

• US 20150180797A1
• Filed: 05/29/2014
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Global Technologies International Ltd. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hintermeister, Gregory R., Townsend, Susette
• Granted Patent: US 9,705,814 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/20 Network management software packages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation

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.

Claims

1. A system with appliance status feedback, comprising:

a solution appliance configured to;

administer resources in response to authorized users selecting tasks presented on a user interface;

receive an indication of a status change for a functional appliance configured to provide at least one of the resources;

access a resource map that links the resources to the tasks; and

indicate the status change for the functional appliance on the user interface based on the resource map.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the solution appliance is further configured to:

open a communication channel with the functional appliance;

receive status information from the functional appliance.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising the functional appliance configured to send the status information to the solution appliance.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the functional appliance:

is configured to send and receive data through a first network; and

contains a service processor configured to;

operate while the functional appliance is offline; and

send the status information to the solution appliance through a second network,

wherein the second network is not the same as the first network.