Node management apparatus and method
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsMotoki Yoshimura, Takaki Kuroda
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Abstract
A storage resource stores a plugin information package, which is an information package comprising definition information for plugging in a node device as a management target. The definition information is information denoting at the least one of a method for acquiring information from a node device and an item of information to be acquired from a node device. A processor references the plugin information package, which is stored in the storage resource, and accesses a node device via a communication interface device based on the referenced plugin information package. The node device comprising information that has been correctly acquired in accordance with this access is regarded as the management target.
Claims15
A node management apparatus for managing a management-target node device,
- the node management apparatus comprising:
- a storage resource (209);
- a communication interface device (203);
- and
- a processor (201) that is coupled to the storage resource and the communication interface device,
- wherein the storage resource stores a plugin information package, which is an information package comprising definition information for making a node device (101) a management target,
- wherein the definition information is information denoting at the least one of the following (N1) through (N3):
- (N1) a method for acquiring information from a node device;
- (N2) an item of information to be acquired from the node device;
- and
- (N3) mapping information for a node management model of information acquired from the node device, and wherein
- wherein the processor:
- (X) references the plugin information package that is stored in the storage resource;
- and
- (Y) accesses the node device by way of the communication interface device on the basis of the plugin information package, and
- wherein the node device which comprises correctly acquired information in accordance with the access of the (Y) is made the management target.
A node management method comprising:
- referencing a plugin information package, which is an information package comprising definition information, which is information for plugging in a node device (101) as a management target, and which denotes the following (N1) and/or (N2):
- (N1) a method for acquiring information from a node device;
- and
- (N2) an item of information to be acquired from the node device;
- accessing a node device via a communication interface device based on the plugin information package;
- and
- making the node device, comprising information correctly acquired in accordance with this access, a management target.
A computer program for causing a computer to execute:
- referencing a plugin information package, which is an information package comprising definition information, which is information for plugging in a node device (101) as a management target, and which denotes at the least one of the following (N1) through (N3):
- (N1) a method for acquiring information from a node device;
- (N2) an item of information to be acquired from the node device;
- and
- (N3) mapping information for a node management model with respect to information acquired from the node device;
- and
- accessing a node device based on the plugin information package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.