Centralized Device Management Across Data Centers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing device management systems lack a centralized platform for monitoring and controlling networking components across multiple data centers, leading to complex operations, increased errors, and inefficient resource allocation, as they often provide device-centric views that do not meet the needs of application owners and network administrators.
Innovation Solution
A centralized device management system with a processor, memory unit, and database that includes modules for discovering, backing up, restoring, adding, modifying, deleting, and managing devices, as well as generating health reports, enabling a granular object-level view and bulk uploads, to provide a unified management interface across data centers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If device vendors provide their own device management solutions, then device monitoring capability is improved, but system complexity increases and centralized control is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple device vendor management tools into a single centralized device management system that can monitor and control networking components from different vendors through a unified interface, reducing system complexity while maintaining comprehensive monitoring capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized system provides universal device management capabilities that work across multiple vendor platforms and device types through standardized protocols and interfaces, eliminating the need for separate vendor-specific tools while maintaining broad compatibility
2Reliability
If multiple independent tools are used for device management, then specific device monitoring is improved, but operational efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple independent device management tools into a single integrated platform that provides centralized control and unified visibility across all networking components, enabling operators to manage devices from a single interface rather than switching between multiple independent tools
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments device management functions into modular components that can be independently configured and managed while operating under a unified centralized control framework, allowing specialized monitoring capabilities to be maintained without requiring multiple independent tools
3Ease of operation
If device-centric views are provided by vendor tools, then device-level control is improved, but application-level visibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds an application-level dimension to the traditional device-centric management view by implementing hierarchical monitoring that simultaneously tracks both individual device status and overall application performance, allowing operators to see both granular device control and big-picture application health without losing information at either level
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AI summary
A centralized device management system for monitoring and controlling a device on granular object level in a plurality of datacenters is provided. The system includes a memory unit, a display unit, and a processor. The memory unit stores a database and a set of modules. The processor executes the set of modules. The set of modules includes a discover module, and a backup and restore module. The discover module is configured to discover a device to the device to the centralized device management system. The backup and restore module includes a backup module, a compare module, and a restore module. The backup module is configured to create backups for a configuration of the device. The compare module is configured to compare the backed up configuration with existing configuration of the device. The restore module is configured to restore the backed up configuration of the device.