Patent ID: 7984128

Claim:
A system for managing a number of information technology (IT) resources, comprising: logic instructions on non-transitory computer readable media including: a number of managed objects that represent at least one of the number of resources; a number of management interfaces, including an event interface, a managed object interface, and an extended object interface, associated with the number of managed objects, wherein the number of management interfaces are configured with at least one component that represents a management feature for at least one of the number of resources; and an attribute associated with the at least one component in the management interfaces, wherein the attribute indicates the presence of the management feature to a manager, and the attribute provides a list of other management interfaces related to at least one of the number of management interfaces; wherein the number of management interfaces can operate independently of a user interface for managing the number of resources; and wherein the number of management interfaces can derive at least one component from the managed objects and establish relationships between managed objects based on information provided by the managed objects.