System and interfaces for entity management
AssigneeIpswitch, Inc.
InventorsAustin O'Malley, Vajrang Suresh Parvate, Swetha Desetty, Linda Upham Ellis
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Abstract
A management interface is provided that allows for more capability to view and create indications of such complex relationships between entities. For instance, it would be helpful to have an ability to view physical, virtual, and/or wireless connectivity within a common interface. Further, tools may be provided to permit the user to more easily navigate a representation of the network and its entities, and to perform management control actions, monitoring, and other functions.
Claims22
An entity management system comprising:
- a discovery engine configured to discover a plurality of computing entities coupled by one or more communication networks;
- a mapping component adapted to represent the plurality of discovered computing entities and associated connections in a plurality of dimensions in a graphical map;
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- an interface configured to represent the plurality of discovered computing entities and their connections in the plurality of dimensions within a single end user display.
A non-volatile computer-readable medium encoded with instructions for execution on a computer system, the instructions when executed, provide an entity management system comprising:
- a discovery engine configured to discover a plurality of computing entities coupled by one or more communication networks;
- a mapping component adapted to represent the plurality of discovered computing entities and associated connections in a plurality of dimensions in a graphical map;
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- an interface configured to represent the plurality of discovered computing entities and their connections in the plurality of dimensions within a single end user display.
A method comprising:
- discovering, via a management system, a plurality of computing entities coupled by one or more communication networks, the management system being coupled to the one or more communication networks;
- representing, within a display of the management system, the plurality of discovered computing entities and associated connections in a plurality of dimensions in a graphical map;
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- representing the plurality of discovered computing entities and their connections in the plurality of dimensions within a single end user display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.