Emc Corporation

Todd Michael Sjolander

Stephen J Todd

Andreas L Bauer

Kathleen R Moxham

A method and apparatus for controlling a peripheral device is provided. In a server, in a client/server environment, a server application receives a request for execution of a peripheral device script from a client application. The server application retrieves a peripheral device script which is associated with the request and the peripheral device script is passed to a script interpreter. The script interpreter converts the peripheral device script into at least one control signal. A device control module is coupled to the script interpreter and sends the control signal to the peripheral device. The device control module receives information signals from the peripheral device and forwards the information signals to the client application. The script may include code for configuring the peripheral device, code for requesting information about the peripheral device or code for controlling the peripheral device.

Apparatus and method for controlling a peripheral device

A method of forwarding a message received by a server to a coupled hardware device in a server cluster where the server cluster is comprised of a default server and a coupled backup server. A look-up table is created in the server for all hardware devices coupled to the server by a server agent. The look-up table relates a unique identifier of a hardware device to a local path. The server agent sends all of the hardware identifiers to the client. Typically, this occurs as the result of a client application requesting this information. The client can then send a message for a hardware device connected to the server. The message is attached to a unique identifier which contains the hardware identifier. The server agent then extracts the identifier from the message. The server then retrieves the look-up table and locates the path in the look-up table for the coupled hardware device based on the hardware identifier parsed from the unique identifier. The message is then forwarded through the path to the hardware device.

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Grafton, MA, United States of America

Todd Michael Sjolander