Network appliance mapping
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsGregory R. Hintermeister, Susette Townsend
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes a method that includes, by a solution appliance configured to administer resources in response to authorized users selecting tasks presented in a user interface, receiving an indication of a status change for a functional appliance configured to provide at least one of the resources, accessing a resource map that links the resources to the tasks, and indicating the status change for the functional appliance on the user interface based on the resource map.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- by a solution appliance configured to manage resources in response to authorized users selecting tasks presented in a user interface:
- receiving an indication of a status change for a functional appliance configured to provide at least one of the resources;
- accessing a resource map that links the resources to the tasks;
- and
- indicating the status change for the functional appliance on the user interface based on the resource map.
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A method for displaying user capability, comprising, by a solution appliance configured to administer a resource:
- detecting a functional appliance configured to provide the resource to the solution appliance;
- mapping the resource to the functional appliance;
- and
- assigning access to status information of the functional appliance for a user role having permission to utilize the resource from the function appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.