Graphical user interfaces for viewing and configuring devices in an automated provisioning environment
OwnerVivian G. Hsieh, Joshua Atir +1inventors
InventorsVivian G. Hsieh, Joshua Atir, Anne Ustach
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Abstract
A graphical user interface for viewing and configuring devices in one or more data centers and associated with different customer infrastructures is described. The interface provides the user with a series of informational screens which rapidly provide the significant device configuration information which will be of interest to operations personnel. Additionally, graphical user interfaces according to the present invention provide techniques for rapid and repeatable installation and updating of operating system, application and customer software.
Claims34
A graphical user interface for viewing a plurality of devices, said graphical user interface comprising:
- a first user interface element actuable to access a first portion of said graphical user interface, which first portion displays information associated with a plurality of devices that correspond to a customer, wherein said plurality of devices include at least one of:
- a server, a firewall, a load balancer and a switch.
A graphical user interface for searching for a device among a plurality of devices within one or more data centers comprising:
- an input interface for entering one of a hostname of said device and an IP address of said device;
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- a display screen which provides selected information associated with said device based upon whether the input interface received a hostname or an IP address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.