Dynamically deployable self configuring distributed network management system

摘要

Systems, software, and methods for managing networks of connected electronic devices are described. In one example, network management policy and network management applications are transferred automatically upon detection and identification of a new device, protocol or application on the network. In another example, information related to at least one aspect of the network is obtained by an NMAS, and at least one applicable management policy is identified by the NMAS; and the identified policy is used to manage at least one aspect of the network's operation.

主权项

1. A network management method comprising:
deploying a trusted arrangement of network collection software on a first network or subnetwork;
said trusted arrangement of network collection software comprising a trust domain specification specifying:
at least one network collection software,at least one hardware computing component upon which the network collection software is authorized to operate, andat least one network collection specification which describes the information that the network collection software is authorized to collect from the first network or subnetwork, executing said network collection software on a hardware component of the first network or subnetwork the trust domain specification specifies the network collection software is authorized to operate upon; collecting information, with the network collection software executing on the hardware component, including: identifying at least one dynamic application effective to discover authorized information related to the configuration of the first network or subnetwork, instantiating the at least one dynamic application as part of the instance of the executing network collection software, and utilizing the at least one dynamic application to collect authorized information related to the configuration of the first network or subnetwork, and sharing said discovered configuration-related information with a further, trusted instance of the same or different network collection software.