Validation of module interoperability

A computer program product comprising a readable memory medium having computer readable program code, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for validating that a networked system of modules conforms to at least one interoperability rule pertinent to interoperability of at least two of the modules, said method comprising:

• providing a system, wherein the system comprises distinct software modules, each of the distinct software modules being embodied on said tangible computer-readable recordable storage medium, and wherein the distinct software modules comprise an input/output module and a validation module;
• obtaining at least one interoperability rule, the at least one rule being encoded in computer-operable format, by executing said input/output module on at least one hardware processor;
• obtaining configuration information pertaining to at least one of the modules, the configuration information being encoded in computer-operable format, by executing said input/output module on said at least one hardware processor;
• translating the at least one interoperability rule to another format when the at least one interoperability rule conforms to a format that is incompatible with a format of one or more of said configuration information and another interoperability rule;
• comparing the at least one translated interoperability rule to the configuration information to validate whether the system conforms to the at least one interoperability rule, by executing said validation module on said at least one hardware processor;
• performing a root cause analysis, responsive to said comparing step indicating that the system does not conform to the at least one interoperability rule, by executing said validation module on said at least one hardware processor;
• and
• performing a corrective action, responsive to said comparing step indicating that the system does not conform to the at least one interoperability rule, by executing said validation module on said at least one hardware processor.

A system management module for validating that a networked system of modules conforms to at least one interoperability rule, the system management module comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and operative to:
• obtain the at least one interoperability rule, the at least one rule being encoded in computer-operable format;
• obtain configuration information pertinent to at least one of the modules, the configuration information being encoded in computer-operable format;
• translate the at least one interoperability rule to another format when the at least one interoperability rule conforms to a format that is incompatible with a format of one or more of said configuration information and another interoperability rule;
• compare the at least one translated interoperability rule to at least one configuration information to validate whether the system conforms to the at least one interoperability rule;
• perform a root cause analysis, responsive to said compare step indicating that the system does not conform to the at least one interoperability rule;
• and
• perform a corrective action, responsive to said compare step indicating that the system does not conform to the at least one interoperability rule.

An article of manufacture for validating that a networked system of modules conforms to at least one interoperability rule, comprising a readable memory medium having instructions stored thereon, such that said instructions, when carried out by a processing device, enable the processing device to implement the steps of:

• obtaining the at least one interoperability rule, the at least one rule being encoded in computer-operable format, by executing said instructions on said processing device;
• obtaining configuration information pertinent to at least one of the modules, the configuration information being encoded in computer-operable format, by executing said instructions on said processing device;
• translating the at least one interoperability rule to another format when the at least one interoperability rule conforms to a format that is incompatible with a format of one or more of said configuration information and another interoperability rule;
• comparing the at least one translated interoperability rule to at least one configuration information to validate whether the system conforms to the at least one interoperability rule, by executing said instructions on said processing device;
• performing a root cause analysis, responsive to said compare step indicating that the system does not conform to the at least one interoperability rule, by executing said instructions on said processing device;
• and
• performing a corrective action, responsive to said comparing step indicating that the system does not conform to the at least one interoperability rule, by executing said instructions on said processing device.