Intelliden, Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

Jeffery A Schenk

Glen D Tindal

Glen Tindal

A system and method for efficiently and easily capturing data dumps generated by a network device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage management device is disposed between a network device and a storage device. The network device is programmed with a virtual address that is associated with the storage management device. Upon generating a data dump, the network device writes the data dump to the virtual address where the storage management device receives the data dump and redirects it to a long-term storage location. Additionally, the storage management device can generate a record of each data dump that indicates the network device that generated the data dump and where the data dump was stored.

Redirecting data generated by network devices

Mechanisms operable to configure, monitor and manage network devices without regard for device type and/or manufacturer are disclosed. One implementation includes a network manager unit disposed between the network administrator and the network devices. The network manager unit allows the administrator to holistically view, configure and manage an entire network without regard to device type and/or manufacturer. The administrator can implement this holistic approach with the use of a central repository for all configuration information and/or a central posting location for all network events. A device-specific command template database may be provided for providing device-specific command templates for various device types and/or manufacturers. Configuration information for a network device may be used to populate fields of a device-specific command template, selected from the database based on a device type and/or manufacturer of the network device, to generate a device-specific command that is used to configure the network device.

Configuration, management and monitoring of network resources using device specific command templates

A method and apparatus to initializing a network device is described. In one embodiment, the present invention includes the step of: retrieving an initial communications address from a local memory of the network device; transmitting a secure identifier to the initial communications address verifying the authenticity of the secure identifier; retrieving a configuration record from a configuration record repository, the retrieved configuration record being associated with the network device that corresponds to the secure identifier; receiving the configuration record at the network device; and installing the configuration record at the network device.

Method and apparatus for protecting a network from attack

A system and method for optimizing the use of network resources is described. In one embodiment, an enterprise first requests provisioning of network resources for a particular transaction. Responsive to that request, network resources are dynamically configured to meet the enterprise's request. When the transaction is complete, the network resources are returned to a default state.

Dynamic configuration of network devices to enable data transfers

A method and apparatus to configure, monitor and manage network devices without regard for device type and/or manufacturer is disclosed. One implementation of this embodiment includes a network manager unit disposed between the network administrator and the network devices. The network manager unit allows the administrator to holistically view, configure and manage an entire network without regard to device type and/or manufacturer. The administrator can implement this holistic approach with the use of a central repository for all configuration information and/or a central posting location for all network events.

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Cambria, CA, United States of America

Jeffery A Schenk