US 7,321,929 B2
Programmable remote device management system for locally or remotely controlling and/or configuring a communication network switch
Edward G. Rolfe, Carlisle, Mass. (US)
Assigned to Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US)
Filed on Aug. 01, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/632,420.
Prior Publication US 2005/0027841 A1, Feb. 03, 2005
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 709—223  [709/238] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A programmable remote device management system coupled to at least one communication network switch over a computer network, the programmable remote device management system comprising:
a command processing engine adapted to receive at least one switch command via a user interface; and
a protocol translation engine coupled to the command processing engine, wherein the command processing engine processes the at least one switch command for providing at least one validated switch command to the network switch via the protocol translation engine and the computer network to control predetermined attributes of the communication network switch.