Management Adapter for Platform-Independent Computer System Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
In complex computer systems with components on different platforms, managing system information is challenging due to variations in data availability mechanisms and representation, leading to inconsistencies and the need for platform-specific management agents.
Innovation Solution
A management adapter with data acquisition, management model transformation, and presentation mapping modules provides a standardized representation across platforms, enabling a single agent technology for managing networked computer systems, facilitating flexible and scalable management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If platform-specific management agents are developed to handle different platforms, then data acquisition accuracy is improved, but device complexity and management inconsistency increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management adapter as an intermediary component between platform-specific instrumentation interfaces and the management system. This adapter provides a standardized interface that translates platform-specific data formats into a common management model, eliminating the need for multiple platform-specific management agents while maintaining accurate data acquisition across different platforms.
Solution Approach 2:
The management adapter implements a universal interface that can work with multiple different platforms through a single standardized component. The adapter provides platform-independent data acquisition capabilities by mapping various platform-specific instrumentation interfaces to a common set of standardized interfaces, allowing one management system to manage diverse platforms uniformly.
2Measurement precision
If platform-specific component tables are used to represent system components, then data representation accuracy is improved, but management consistency and standardization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The management adapter serves as a mediator between platform-specific component representations and the standardized management model. It translates and maps platform-specific component tables into a consistent, standardized representation format, ensuring that management information maintains both accuracy for each platform and consistency across all platforms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms data representations by changing parameters and formats from platform-specific variations into a standardized management model. The management adapter applies transformation rules that convert different platform representations into a unified parameter set, maintaining the essential accuracy of each platform's data while standardizing the overall representation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple management agents are developed for different platforms, then platform-specific data access is improved, but ease of operation and management simplicity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The management adapter provides a universal interface that enables a single management system to access and manage data from multiple different platforms. Instead of requiring separate management agents for each platform, the standardized adapter interface allows one management application to operate across all platforms with consistent simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The adapter acts as an intermediary layer that simplifies platform data access by providing a standardized interface. Management operations are performed once against the standardized interface, and the adapter handles the platform-specific details, making management operations simple and consistent regardless of the underlying platform.
4Stability of the object's composition
If a single standardized management interface is implemented, then management consistency and standardization are improved, but adaptability to different platforms deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The management adapter serves as a bidirectional translator that maintains the standardized management interface while adapting to different platforms. It receives standardized management operations, translates them into platform-specific instrumentation interface calls, and returns platform-specific data back into the standardized format, thus preserving both consistency and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The standardized management interface remains universal and platform-independent, while the management adapter provides the adaptability to work with different platforms. The adapter implements the standardized interface universally across all platforms, maintaining consistency in the management model while adapting to platform-specific implementations through translation and mapping.
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AI summary
A management adapter is provided for a computer management system. A data acquisition layer provides a mapping between platform-specific instrumentation interface and platform-specific component tables. A management model transformation layer provides a mapping between the platform-specific component tables and generic component tables. A presentation mapping layer provides a mapping between the generic component tables and a management protocol schema.