WBEM Adapter Reusing Management Software
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing device management solutions face challenges in supporting Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) environments, requiring vendors to either conform to WBEM standards or offer no management at all, which leads to abandonment of existing tools and investments.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that reuse management software components and device management adapters by converting network commands to device messages, packaging them in WBEM envelopes, and transmitting them to computer systems, allowing native commands to be issued, thereby supporting device management in WBEM environments while reusing existing tools and libraries.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If vendors conform to WBEM standard for device management, then device management capability is provided, but existing tools and investments are abandoned
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a WBEM adapter as an intermediary component that sits between the existing device management tools and the WBEM environment. This adapter translates WBEM management operations into native commands that existing tools can execute, allowing vendors to maintain their existing management libraries while providing WBEM compatibility. The adapter acts as a bridge that prevents the need to abandon existing investments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the device management system into distinct layers: the existing management tools and libraries remain separate from the WBEM interface requirements. By isolating the WBEM protocol handling in a separate adapter layer, the existing tools can continue to operate unchanged while the adapter handles the WBEM standard compliance, thus avoiding the need to rewrite or abandon existing components.
2Ease of manufacture
If existing tools and management libraries are reused in WBEM environment, then development cost is reduced, but WBEM standard compliance is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The WBEM adapter serves as a mediator that ensures standard compliance while allowing reuse of existing tools. It implements the WBEM protocol specification and translates standardized WBEM operations into device-specific commands, guaranteeing that the system meets WBEM reliability requirements without forcing vendors to abandon their existing management libraries.
3Adaptability or versatility
If new WBEM tools and applications are developed, then WBEM environment support is achieved, but customer familiarity and training are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables existing management tools and applications to be copied and reused in the WBEM environment through the adapter layer. Rather than requiring customers to learn entirely new WBEM-specific tools, their existing familiar tools can operate unchanged while the adapter handles the WBEM protocol translation, preserving user familiarity and reducing training requirements.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for managing a device in a Web Based Enterprise Management (“WBEM”) environment. At least a management software component and a device management adapter are reused through receiving a network command from the management software component, and forwarding the network command to the device management adapter for conversion to a device message. The WBEM environment is supported by packaging the device message in a WBEM envelope, and transmitting the device message in the WBEM envelope to a computer system. The computer system comprises the device. Subsequently, a native command based on the device message is issued to the device.