| 摘要 |
<p>A accessing and managing disparate video network devices, (30, 32) supports a user interface (12) with an interface protocol (16) communicating through a management adapter, MA (14). The MA (14) communicates with a device access layer, DAL (26) that represents video network devices as objects (44), such as Management Beans, with a class of objects associated with a type of device. The objects translate communications from the MA (14) into a protocol and attribute native to the device to allow the MA (14) access to the device attributes, which are then available to the user interface via the interface protocol. The DAL (26) thus establishes a proxy relationship so that video network devices are more easily interacted with and managed by applications communicating through the MA (14) by a uniform protocol. Object attributes provide variables for the dynamic creation of a management information base associated with a device that aids a management application's management of disparate devices (30, 32).</p> |
