Web based device management and monitoring interface
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLeteshia A. Lowe, Jeffrey S. Perry, Jeffrey W. Pilch
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Abstract
A web-based management interface, program product for displaying system configuration information and method of providing system or subsystem configuration information, e.g., for a storage subsystem. A web displayable file, e.g., hypertext mark up language (HTML), is generated and updated to reflect current configuration data for a storage subsystem configuration. The web page, when displayed, includes a generation snapshot that is compared against a current generation indicator that is associated with a current HTML file. If they match, the displayed web page is current; otherwise, an updated HTML file is downloaded and displayed.
Claims20
A web-based management interface for providing up-to-date up to date system configuration, said web-based management interface comprising:
- means for generating a web displayable file for representing system configuration;
- means for indicating a current generation of said web displayable file;
- means for indicating a generation of a displayed said web displayable file;
- means for comparing said current generation with said generation of said displayed web displayable file;
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- means for selectively providing an updated said web displayable file selected responsive to an indication from said means for comparing that said displayed web displayable file does not match the current generation of said web displayable file.
A computer program product for displaying system configuration information, said computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon, said computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code means for generating a web displayable file responsive to configuration data describing a storage subsystem configuration;
- computer readable program code means for indicating a current generation of said web displayable file;
- computer readable program code means for providing a generation snapshot of said web displayable file;
- computer readable program code means for comparing said current generation with said generation snapshot;
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- computer readable program code means for selectively requesting an updated said web displayable file selected responsive to a comparison indicating that said generation snapshot does not match the current generation, wherein displayed said system configuration information is automatically kept up to date.
A method of providing storage subsystem configuration information comprising the steps of:
- a) displaying a web page indicating storage subsystem configuration, said web page including a generation snapshot indicating a navigation state record value;
- b) providing a currency count value indicating a most current said storage subsystem configuration responsive to selection of a sub-item from the displayed said web page;
- c) comparing said generation snapshot with said currency count value, a match indicating that said displayed web page is a most current said web page;
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- d) returning to step (b) until said comparing step (c) does not indicate a match.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.