Remote node maintenance and management method and system in communication networks using multiprotocol agents
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsFrancois Bouvier, Jean-Marc Millet
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Abstract
A system and method for remotely accessing communication network nodes and for monitoring each type of resource within such nodes in a fast, reliable and efficient manner. The system components are a web browser as user interface, a web server for generating and transmitting commands to the destination node using the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) of the web server and a dedicated multiprotocol agent hosted in each node communicating with the web server by means of an appropriate protocol.
Claims24
A maintenance and management system for a remote node in a communication network having a plurality of nodes interconnected with communication lines, each node having at least one resource, said system comprising:
- a web server including:
- a network web agent proxy for sending a command to a destination resource in any destination node of a communication network, said command including an identification of the destination resource and at least one request;
- a multiprotocol agent attached to each node including:
- a receiver module for receiving a command from the web server;
- a conversion module for converting the at least one request included in said command in a protocol understandable by the destination resource within the node;
- a transmitter module for transmitting said converted at least one request to the destination resource.
A maintenance and management method for a remote node in communication network having a plurality of nodes interconnected with communication lines, each node having at least one resource, said method comprising the steps of:
- sending a command from a web server to a destination resource in any destination node of a communication network, said command including an identification of the destination resource and at least one request;
- receiving a command from the web server at a multiprotocol agent attached to each node;
- converting the at least one request included in said command in a protocol understandable by the destination resource within the node;
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- transmitting said converted at least one request to the destination resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.