Patent ID: 8891404

Claim:
A method of remote management in a network, the network comprising a plurality of nodes to be managed by a remote controller and at least one agent device, the at least one agent device being in number lower than the plurality of nodes, wherein: the at least one agent device makes initial contact with the remote controller in order to be authenticated by the remote controller and to establish a connection with the remote controller; after the connection is established, the remote controller executes a discovery procedure through intermediation of the at least one agent device for discovering the plurality of nodes; after executing the discovery procedure, the remote controller executes an identification procedure through intermediation of the at least one agent device for identifying the discovered nodes, including identification of at least one characterizing parameter selected from: a model, vendor, a manufacturer, a software version, a hardware version, a firmware version, a serial number and a MAC address, wherein in the identification procedure the remote controller: selects a specific node from the discovered nodes; retrieves from a database of the remote controller a specific connection procedure for connection to the specific node; uses the retrieved specific connection procedure for connecting to the specific node, through the intermediation of the at least one agent device, and for obtaining from the specific node said at least one characterizing parameter; the remote controller manages the discovered and identified nodes through intermediation of the at least one agent device, by retrieving from a database managing procedures specific for each identified node.