Method and Apparatus for Facilitating Communication Between a Managed System and Management Systems

摘要

The invention includes an apparatus and associated methods for facilitating communication between a managed system and management systems. The apparatus includes at least one protocol agent and a management layer. A protocol agent is adapted for communicating with at least one management system using a protocol. The protocol agent includes at least one protocol entity. The management layer is adapted for facilitating communication between the at least one protocol entity and system hardware including a plurality of physical system entities. The management layer includes a plurality of logical system entities associated with the physical system entities. The management layer supports at least one mapping between the logical system entities of the management layer and the protocol entities of the protocol agent. The apparatus facilitates downstream communications from one or more management systems to the managed system, and upstream communications from the managed system to one or more management systems.