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EP0585082A2
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Computer management system and associated management information base
Assignee: Compaq Computer Corp
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Filing: 1993-08-20
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-08-20
Abstract
Abstract A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices which include at least one file server having a system board, a drive array subsystem associated with the file server and a server manager installed in the file server for monitoring the system board from a manager console using a management information base or "MIB". First, second and third plurality of objects which describe the system board, the drive array subsystem and the server manager, respectively, are collected and assembled into a MIB. The assembled MIB is then used to manage the file server. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Scott C. Farrand
- 👤 Daniel J. Mazina
- 👤 Jonathan R. Didner
- 👤 Jeffrey S. Autor
- 👤 Paul J. Muraski
- 👤 John A. Dysart
- 👤 Gregory M. Stewart
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 02:08
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/07; G06F11/0703; G06F11/0751; G06F11/0706; G06F11/0748; G06F11/22; G06F11/2294; G06F11/26; G06F11/273; G06F11/2736; G06F11/30; G06F11/34; G06F11/3466; G06F11/349; H; H04; H04L; H04L41/00; H04L41/02; H04L41/0213; H04L41/0233; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; G06F11/2205; G06F11/3495; H04L63/00; H04L63/10; H04L63/104
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of managing, from a management console, a plurality of networked manageable devices which include at least one file server using a constructed management information base, said at least one file server having a system board, a drive array subsystem associated with said file server and a server manager installed in said file server for monitoring said system board, comprising the steps of: collecting a plurality of objects describing said system board; collecting a plurality of objects describing said drive array subsystem; collecting a plurality of objects describing said server manager; assembling said plurality of objects describing said system board, said drive array and said server manager into a management information base ("MIB"); and managing said file server using said assembled MIB.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices according to claim 1 wherein the step of collecting a plurality of objects describing said system board further comprises the step of organizing said collected plurality of objects into a subMIB containing said plurality of objects describing said system board.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
123 words
A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices according to claim 2 wherein said system board is comprised of a plurality of components and has a software management agent installed therein to interface with said management console networked therewith and wherein the step of organizing said collected plurality of objects into a subMIB containing said plurality of objects describing said system board further comprises the step of organizing said subMIB into two child groups, said first child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe a revision level of said software management agent installed on said system board and said second child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects describe said components of said system board.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
102 words
A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices according to claim 1 wherein said system board is comprised of a plurality of components and wherein the step of collecting a plurality of objects describing said system board further comprises the step of organizing said collected plurality of objects into first and second subMIBs, each containing selected ones of said plurality of objects describing said system board, said first subMIB containing objects describing components installed on said system board other than those described in said second subMIB and said second subMIB containing objects which describe those components specific to a manufacturer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
183 words
A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices according to claim 4 wherein a software management agent is installed in said system board to interface with said management console networked therewith and wherein the step of organizing said collected plurality of objects into first and second subMIBs containing said plurality of objects describing said system board further comprises the step of: organizing said first subMIB into two child groups, said first child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects describing a revision level of said software management agent installed on said system board and said second child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe said components of said system board other than those described in said second subMIB; and organizing said second subMIB into two child groups, said first child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe a revision level of said software management agent installed on said system board and said second child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe those components specific to a manufacturer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
157 words
A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices according to claim 5 wherein the step of organizing said second subMIB to include a child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe those components of said system board specific to a manufacturer further comprises the step of organizing said child group into a plurality of children groups, said children groups including an interface child group which contains selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information specific to said software management agent, an asset management child group which contains selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain asset management information, a security child group which contains selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information describing security features specific to said manufacturer and a system board child group which contains selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain object instances describing said system board.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices according to claim 1 wherein the step of collecting a plurality of objects describing said drive array subsystem further comprises the step of organizing said collected plurality of objects into a subMIB containing said plurality of objects describing said drive array subsystem.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
149 words
A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices according to claim 7 wherein said drive array subsystem is comprised of a plurality of components and has a software management agent installed therein to interface with said management console networked therewith and wherein the step of organizing said collected plurality of objects into a subMIB containing said plurality of objects describing said drive array subsystem further comprises the step of organizing said subMIB into three child groups, said first child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe a revision level of said software management agent installed on said drive array subsystem, said second child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe said components of said drive array subsystem and said third child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describes traps generated by said drive array subsystem.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
198 words
A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices according to claim 8 wherein said drive array subsystem further comprises at least one controller and/or accelerator card and logical, physical and spare drives and wherein the step of organizing said subMIB to include a child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects describing said components of said drive array subsystem further comprises the steps of organizing said child group into a plurality of children groups, said children groups including an interface child group which contains selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information specific to said software management agent, a controller child group which contains selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information specific to said controllers and/or accelerator cards, a logical drive child group which contains selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information specific to said logical drive, a physical drive group which contains selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information specific to said logical drive and a spare drive child group which contains selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information specific to said spare drive.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices according to claim 1 wherein the step of collecting a plurality of objects describing said server manager further comprises the step of organizing said collected plurality of objects into a subMIB containing said plurality of objects describing said server manager.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
144 words
A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices according to claim 10 wherein said server manager is comprised of a plurality of components and has a software management agent installed therein to interface with said management console networked therewith and wherein the step of organizing said collected plurality of objects into a subMIB containing said plurality of objects describing said server manager further comprises the step of organizing said subMIB into three child groups, said first child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe a revision level of said software management agent installed on said server manager, said second child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe said components of said server manager and said third child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe traps generated by said server manager.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
214 words
A method of managing a plurality of networked manageable devices according to claim 11 wherein said components of said server manager innately monitor said system board to collect objects for processing thereby and at least one asynchronous port for performing off-the-network alerting and wherein the step of organizing said subMIB to include a child group containing all of said plurality of objects describing said components of said server manager further comprises the step of organizing said child group into a plurality of children groups, said children groups including an interface child group containing selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information specific to said software management agent, a controller child group containing selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain configuration information specific to said server manager, an object child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects whose values represent objects innately monitored by said server board and objects containing information describing said server board, an asynchronous communication child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which contain information describing status of said asynchronous communication ports installed on said server board and an alert group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which contain information on the off-the-network alerting capabilities of said server manager.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
203 words
A method of managing, from a management console, a plurality of networked manageable devices which include at least one file server using a constructed management information base, said at least one file server having a system board, a drive array subsystem associated with said file server and a server manager installed in said file server for monitoring said system board, comprising the steps of: collecting a plurality of objects describing said system board; collecting a plurality of objects describing said drive array subsystem; collecting a plurality of objects describing said server manager; assembling said plurality of objects describing said system board, said drive array subsystem and said server manager into a management information base ("MIB") having first, second, third and fourth subMIBS, said first subMIB organized to contain selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe said system board, said second subMIB containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe manufacturer specific components of said system board, said third subMIB containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe said drive array subsystem, and said fourth subMIB containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe said server manager; and managing said file server using said assembled MIB.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
81 words
For a file server having a system board, a drive array subsystem associated with said file server and a server manager installed in said file server for monitoring said system board, a management information base ("MIB") useful for managing said file server comprising: a first subMIB containing a plurality of objects describing said system board; a second subMIB containing a plurality of objects describing said drive array subsystem; and a third subMIB containing a plurality of objects describing said server manager.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
108 words
A MIB according to claim 14 wherein said drive array further comprises a plurality of components and has a software management agent installed and wherein said second subMIB further comprises a first child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe a revision level of said software management installed on said system board, a second management agent installed on said system board, a second child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe said components of said drive array subsystem and a third child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe traps generated by said drive array subsystem.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
119 words
A MIB according to claim 15 wherein said drive array subsystem further comprises at least one controller and/or accelerator card and logical, physical and spare drives and wherein second child group further comprises a first child group containing selected ones of said plurality of component objects containing information specific to said software management agent, a second child group containing selected ones of said plurality of component objects containing information specific to said controllers and/or accelerator cards, a third child group which contains selected ones of said plurality of component objects containing information specific to said logical drive and a fourth child group which contains selected ones of said plurality of component objects containing information specific to said spare drive.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
99 words
A MIB according to claim 16 wherein said server manager further comprises a plurality of components and has a software management agent installed therein and wherein said third subMIB further comprises a first child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe a revision level of said software management agent installed on said system board, a second child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe said components of said server manager and a third child group containing selected ones of said plurality of objects which describe traps generated by said server manager.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
155 words
A MIB according to claim 17 wherein said server manager further comprises at least one asynchronous communication port and wherein said second child group further comprises a first component child group containing selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information specific to said server manager's software management agent, a second component child group containing selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain objects which describe the configuration of said system manager, a third component child group containing selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information specific to objects collected by said server manager, a fourth component child group containing selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information related to said asynchronous communication port of said server manager, and a fifth child group containing selected ones of said plurality of component objects which contain information related to the off-the-network alert capabilities of said server manager.
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