公开(公告)号：US5822586A

公开(公告)日：1998-10-13

申请号：US707357

申请日：1996-09-04

Applicant: Colin Strutt ,  James Anthony Swist

Inventor： Colin Strutt ,  James Anthony Swist

IPC: G06F9/40 ,  G06F9/46 ,  H04Q3/00 ,  G06F13/00

CPC classification number: G06F9/547 ,  G06F9/4425 ,  H04Q3/0062

Abstract: Apparatus and a related method for managing entities in a complex and, in general, geographically distributed system, such as distributed data processing system. The management approach is defined in terms of a generalized model having management modules integrated into a single cooperative system by a management director kernel. The management modules include presentation modules to provide an interface with users who manage the complex system, access modules to provide an interface with managed entities or devices, and function modules to define various functions that may be performed in controlling or monitoring the managed entities. If the complex system being managed is large, a managed entity and an associated access module may be located on one physical system, while a presentation module is located on another physical system, close to the user, and a function module being used might be located on yet another physical system, for reasons of processing convenience. The present invention provides a convenient mechanism, consistent with the management model, for forwarding procedure calls between management modules located on different physical systems, through management director kernels located on different physical systems. Two types of remote procedure calls are disclosed, one to forward procedure calls for invoking primitive functions, each on a single managed entity, and a more powerful remote procedure call for invoking higher-level functions relating to user-defined domains of multiple managed entities.

Abstract translation: 用于管理复杂和一般地理分布式系统（例如分布式数据处理系统）中的实体的装置和相关方法。 管理方法是根据管理模块将管理模块集成到一个单一的合作系统中，由管理总监内核来定义的。 管理模块包括呈现模块，以提供与管理复杂系统的用户的接口，访问模块以提供与被管理实体或设备的接口以及功能模块，以定义可以在控制或监视被管理实体中执行的各种功能。 如果被管理的复杂系统很大，则被管理实体和相关联的访问模块可以位于一个物理系统上，而呈现模块位于靠近用户的另一物理系统上，并且正在使用的功能模块可能被定位 在另一个物理系统上，出于处理方便的原因。 本发明提供了一种与管理模型一致的方便的机制，用于通过位于不同物理系统上的管理主管内核来转发位于不同物理系统上的管理模块之间的过程调用。 公开了两种类型的远程过程调用，一种用于转发用于调用原始函数的过程调用，每个调用单个被管实体，以及用于调用与多个被管实体的用户定义域相关的更高级功能的更强大的远程过程调用。