Patent ID: 8234330

Claim:
A programmatic management system, comprising: at least one processor, comprising; a client menu system, comprising a list of possible client selections, for providing a client menu that enables a client to manage connections between servers and the client, the connections management including selecting a server by the client for connection from among a plurality of allocated consoles, the connections being console connections in a serial/IP infrastructure environment which is a static isolated network environment; an administrative menu system, comprising a list of possible administrative selections, for providing an administrative menu that enables an administrator to manage configurations of the servers on a management console through which the connections with clients to consoles of the servers are established, the managing including allocating the server to the client for console connection, the serial/IP infrastructure being accessible only via the management console; and a management system for programmatically managing the connections and the configurations based on selections made using the client menu and the administrative menu, the programmatically managing including the management console establishing a console connection between the client and the selected server using software that simulates a direct serial connection, wherein the management system automatically edits a set of files based on the selections made using the client menu and the administrative menu and wherein the management console automatically configures network interfaces.