Patent ID: 8650291
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for managing devices in a network, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein that executes to perform operations, the operations comprising: providing a database having information on components in the network and configuration settings for the components, wherein the database includes information on zones in which the components are included; for each zone indicated in the database and for each component in each zone, perform: accessing best practices rules indicating best practices configuration settings for the component in the network, wherein the best practices rules provide best practices configuration settings for zones; processing the database and the accessed best practices rules to determine whether the configuration settings for the component in the zone satisfies the best practices configuration settings for the components indicated in the best practices rules; and generating a report indicating whether the configuration settings of the components in the network satisfy the best practices configuration settings for the components indicated in the best practices rules.