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Graphical user interface for computer management system and an associated management information base

US5559958A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 1993
Grant dateSep 24, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3495
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

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 informatio…

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