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AssigneeCompaq Computer Corporation
InventorsScott C. Farrand, Jonathan R. Didner, Daniel J. Mazina, Jeffrey S. Autor, Paul J. Muraski, Gregory M. Stewart, John A. Dysart
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A management system for a file server having a system board, an expansion board, a disk storage system and a server manager for collecting management information from the system board. The management system arranges MIB information for the file server into a first manageable device specific subsystem containing management information describing the system board, a second, manageable device specific, subsystem containing management information describing the expansion board, a third, manageable device specific, subsystem containing management information describing the disk storage system, a fourth, non-manageable device specific, subsystem containing management information describing the configuration of the file server, a fifth, non-manageable device specific, subsystem containing management information describing the security configuration for the file server, a sixth, manageable device specific, subsystem containing management information describing the server manager, a seventh, non-manageable device specific, subsystem containing management information describing I/O ports of the file server, an eighth, non-manageable device specific, subsystem containing management information describing internal environmental conditions of the file server. The management information for each of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth subsystems may then be selectively accessed using a series of GUIs.
A method for managing from a management console, a plurality of file servers networked thereto, each said file server having at least one manageable device associated therewith, comprising the steps of:
For a management information base (MIB) containing management information for a file server having at least one manageable device associated therewith and from which management information is acquired therefrom, said file server further including a server manager for collecting management information for a first one of said at least one manageable device and said MIB information including said management information collected by said server manager, a management system comprising:
For a management information base (MIB) containing management information for a file server having at least one manageable device associated therewith from which said management information is acquired therefrom, said manageable devices associated therewith including a system board, an expansion board, a disk storage system and a server manager, said server manager configured to collect management information from said system board, a management system comprising:
For a management information base (MIB) containing management information describing a plurality of networked file servers, each having a plurality of manageable devices associated therewith and described by said management information contained in said MIB, a management system comprising:
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