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US 2010/0306334 A1Published application
Systems and methods for integrated console management interface
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorsMichael P. DeHaan, William F. Peck
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AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorsMichael P. DeHaan, William F. Peck
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Embodiments relate to systems and methods for integrated console management in networks populated by a diverse set of console types. A set of managed machines, such as personal computers or other clients, servers, hosts, and/or other machines, can be managed by a network management platform. Different machines populating the managed network can be accessed or controlled by different types of network management consoles, or client interfaces for monitoring and controlling different sets of machines. The network management platform or other node can maintain a console management engine which interacts with the various console types connected or assigned to underlying target machines. The console management engine can maintain a console translation table which invokes particular interfaces, data formats, ports, and/or other parameters of specific console packages used for underlying sets of machines. The console management engine can thereby present a unified interface to systems administrators or other users.
A method of managing console operations in a network, comprising:
A console management platform, comprising:
A set of target machines in a managed network, the set of target machines being managed via a method of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.