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US 2024/0430183 A1Published application
Non-intrusive it device monitoring and performing action based on it device state
AssigneeZpe Systems, Inc.
InventorArnaldo Zimmermann
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Abstract
Infrastructure management device(s) may monitor IT device(s) communicatively connected over a network. IT device state(s) may be determined for at least one of the IT device(s). Action(s) may be performed on one or more IT device(s), determined at least in part, by the state of the IT device(s).
Claims19
One or more non-transitory tangible machine readable media comprising instructions configured to cause at least one processor on at least one infrastructure management device to perform a process comprising:
- monitoring an Information Technology (“IT”) device which is connected to a first console port of a console server;
- determining, from the monitoring the IT device, an IT device state indicating a leftover session in which
- a first user's connection session to the IT device through the first console port of the console server via a network component disconnects, and
- the first user's connection session with the IT device via the first console port of the console server remains open as the leftover session even after the first user's connection session disconnects, wherein the leftover session contains user identification information of the first user;
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- closing the first console port of the console server in response to determining the IT device state indicating the leftover session of the first user, wherein closing the first console port terminates the leftover session of the first user before a second user's connection session to the IT device via the first console port begins;
- and
- wherein closing the first console port before the second user's connection session begins prevents a security breach on the IT device by preventing the second user from impersonating the identification of the first user.
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An infrastructure management device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a memory;
- at least one network interface that communicates with a multitude of Information Technology (“IT”) devices connected to a console server over a network;
- an IT device monitoring module that monitors at least a first IT device from among the multitude of IT devices communicatively connected over a network;
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- wherein the memory comprises computer instructions configured to cause the at least one processor to perform
- monitoring at least one Information Technology (“IT”) device of the multitude of IT devices connected to a first console server,
- determining, from the monitoring the IT device, an IT device state indicating a leftover session in which
- a first user's connection session to the at least one IT device through the first console port of the console server via at least one network component disconnects, and
- the first user's connection session with the IT device via the first console port of the console server remains open as the leftover session even after the first user's connection session disconnects, wherein the leftover session contains user identification information of the first user,
- closing the first console port of the console server in response to determining the IT device state indicating the leftover session of the first user, and
- wherein closing the first console port before the second user's connection session begins prevents a security breach on the IT device by preventing the second user from impersonating the identification of the first user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.