Unified Interface for Converged Infrastructure Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Converged infrastructure management is inefficient due to the need for piecemeal management of individual components, which is time-consuming and error-prone, especially since various components have different interfaces and command sets.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables management of converged infrastructure as a single logical entity through a user interface, providing an abstracted command set that allows administrators to manage multiple components simultaneously without needing to familiarize themselves with multiple interfaces and command sets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If converged infrastructure is managed as integrated platform, then component interoperability and software compliance are guaranteed, but management complexity increases due to multiple different interfaces and command sets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a unified management interface that acts as an intermediary between administrators and the diverse component interfaces. This intermediary translates high-level management commands into component-specific operations, hiding the complexity of multiple interfaces while maintaining reliable component interoperability through standardized translation layers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal management interface that can handle multiple types of components (storage, compute, networking) through a single standardized interface. This multi-functional interface consolidates numerous component-specific interfaces into one unified access point, reducing management complexity while maintaining support for diverse infrastructure elements.
2Manufacturing precision
If converged infrastructure is managed component-by-component, then each component can be configured precisely, but management time and error rate increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple component management operations into a single unified interface. Administrators can configure multiple components simultaneously through one interface rather than switching between different component-specific interfaces, maintaining configuration precision while dramatically reducing management time and the risk of errors from manual repetition.
3Productivity
If multiple interfaces and command sets are used for different components, then each component can be accessed with optimized commands, but administrator training and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The unified management interface serves as an intermediary that translates administrator-friendly commands into component-optimized operations. This allows administrators to use a single simplified command set while the intermediary handles the translation to component-specific optimized commands, maintaining access efficiency without increasing operational complexity.
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AI summary
A system, method, apparatus, and computer program product for enabling management of a converged infrastructure are disclosed. A method may include determining components of the converged infrastructure whose configurations need to be modified in order to modify the configuration of the converged infrastructure in accordance with a received command to modify the configuration of the converged infrastructure. The method may also include modifying the configuration of each of the determined components to modify the configuration of the converged infrastructure in accordance with the received command.