Data-driven interface control circuit

In a method for monitoring a computer system comprising at least one processor node having a circuit control module and a plurality of dedicated combinations of device driver and device object wherein each of said dedicated combinations is capable of exchanging monitoring data between said circuit control module and said one of a plurality of device types,

• the improvement comprising the step of replacing for at least one of said dedicated combinations, said device driver and said device object by a generic combination comprising a generic device driver and a generic device agent such that said each generic combination is capable of exchanging monitoring data between said circuit control module and any one of said plurality of device types so as to allow for distributed processing of monitoring data.

A computer system comprising a plurality of processor nodes each having a circuit control module and a plurality of dedicated combinations of device driver and device object wherein each of said dedicated combinations is capable of exchanging data between said circuit control module and one device type of a plurality of device types, the improvement wherein the circuit control module of each of said plural processor nodes is replaced by a control agent operationally connected to each of said plural processor nodes, and wherein for at least one of said dedicated combinations, said device driver and said device object are replaced by a generic device driver and a generic device agent capable of exchanging data between said control agent and any one of said plurality of device types.

In a method for monitoring a computer system comprising a plurality of processor nodes each having a circuit control module and a plurality of dedicated combinations of device driver and device object wherein each of said dedicated combinations is capable of exchanging data between said circuit control module and one of a plurality of device types, the improvement comprising the steps of replacing the circuit control module of each of said plural processor nodes by a control agent operationally connected to each of said plural processor nodes, and replacing for at least one of said dedicated combinations, said device driver and said device object by a generic combination comprising a generic device driver and a generic device agent such that said each generic combination is capable of exchanging monitoring data between said control agent and any one of said plurality of device types so as to allow for distributed processing of monitoring data.