Systems and methods for providing a complete view of large computing networks
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorMichael Paul DeHaan
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Abstract
The management tool can determine and store all information that is relevant to the computing systems in the network. The management tool can generate and provide reports that are customizable by a requester. The management tool can receive a request to generate a report which specifies the information relevant to the computing systems to be included in the report. The management tool can search the stored information and generate the report with the stored information that matches the request. The reports can include network topology maps based on the request and geographic maps based on the request.
Claims21
A method of managing a network, comprising:
- maintaining information for computing systems in the network, wherein the information comprises physical locations of the computing systems and network locations of the computing systems;
- receiving a request for the information about the computing systems;
- and
- providing a report comprising the requested information and at least one of the physical locations and the network locations of the computing systems.
A system for managing a network, comprising:
- a network interface to a set of computing systems in the network;
- and
- a processor, communicating with the network interface and executing a management tool, the management tool being configured to
- maintain information for the computing systems in the network, wherein the information comprises physical locations of the computing systems and network locations of the computing systems;
- receive a request for the information about the computing systems;
- and
- provide a report comprising the requested information and at least one of physical locations and the network locations of the computing systems.
A management application, the management application being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising instructions for causing a processor to perform a method comprising:
- maintaining information for computing systems in the network, wherein the information comprises physical locations of the computing systems and network locations of the computing systems;
- receiving a request for the information about the computing systems;
- and
- providing a report comprising the requested information and at least one of the physical locations and the network locations of the computing systems.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.