Patent ID: 7831914

Claim:
A method, comprising: displaying a physical view of a system on a display, wherein the physical view comprises a first plurality of device icons connected by a first plurality of lines, wherein the first plurality of device icons each represent a physical device in the system, and wherein the first plurality of lines represent only physical connectivity between the physical devices; and displaying a program relationship view of the system on the display, wherein the program relationship view comprises a second plurality of program icons connected by a second one or more lines, wherein the second plurality of program icons represent respective programs stored within and/or executed by the physical devices of the system, wherein the second one or more lines indicate relationships among the second plurality of program icons; wherein said displaying the physical view comprises displaying the plurality of device icons at respective first positions on the display; wherein the programs stored within the system are stored on and/or executed by respective ones of the physical devices corresponding to the device icons displayed in the physical view; wherein said displaying the program relationship view comprises displaying the plurality of program icons at the respective first positions corresponding to the devices on which they are stored and/or execute.