Patent ID: 8849924

Claim:
A method for providing network infrastructure management, the method comprising: providing administrative tools associated with a plurality of network topologies in a management console, wherein providing the administrative tools associated with the plurality of network topologies in the management console comprises, providing a first set of tools associated with a first network topology in the management console, the first network topology being an on-premises topology, and providing a second set of tools associated with a second network topology in the management console, the second network topology being a cloud topology; displaying the management console in a user interface, wherein the management console comprises: a first console area displaying the first set of tools associated with the first network topology, and a second console area displaying the second set of tools associated with the second network topology; transferring data from one of: the first network topology and the second network topology to a remaining one of: the first network topology and the second network topology; in response transferring the data, transferring at least one of the administrative tools, wherein the transferred at least one of the administrative tools is associated with one of: the first network topology and the second network topology, and corresponds to the data; and establishing communications for the plurality of network topologies to manage the plurality of network topologies through the management console, wherein establishing the communications for the plurality of network topologies comprises: establishing a first communications channel between the first network topology and the management console, and establishing a second communications channel between the second network topology and the management console.