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Network resource management system utilizing physical network identification for privileged network access

US9467444B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Jerry W. Stevens · Raleigh, US
Patricia G. Driever · Poughkeepsie, US
Constantinos Kassimis · Cary, US
Gary Owen McAfee · Morrisville, US
Alexandra Winter · Schwieberdingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 22, 2013
Grant date	Oct 11, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 18, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2009/45595
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a privileged network access (PNA) IHS. The PNA IHS may receive a privileged network access management (PNAM) database from a PNAM IHS via the administrative network. The PNA tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database and privileged network access information, including PNet IDs, from the PNAM database. The PNA tool may utilize the information, including PNet IDs, to enable the PNA IHS to limit access to privileged networks.

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