Patent ID: 7293075
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for operating a data processing system, the data processing system arranged to host an operating system that is coupled to a management interface processor, wherein the management interface processor is coupled to a network having a plurality of computer systems coupled thereto, comprising: initiating on one or more selected ones of the computer systems a plurality of instances of an independently operable console view; instantiating on the management interface processor a plurality of logical console objects; initiating on a plurality of the computer systems a plurality of instances of a system operations program, wherein the management interface processor is implemented on a computer system other than the selected ones of the computer systems on which the one or more instances of the system operations program are initiated; coupling, via the network, the instances of the system operations program to respective logical console objects; initiating on one or more selected ones of the computer systems an operations interface program; receiving at the operations interface program connection requests from at least two instances of the console view; creating respective connections between the operations interface program and the at least two instance of the console view; transferring the respective connections with the at least two instances of the console view from the operations interface program to an instance of the system operations program; and transmitting data received by the instance of the system operations program from the at least two instances of the console view, from the instance of the system operations program to the respectively coupled logical console object, and transmitting data received by the instance of the system operations program from the logical console object to the at least two instances of the console view.