TOOL FOR MANAGING RESOURCES AND COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURES AND NETWORKS
A tool for aiding management of a communicating physical device includes: a device controller operating the physical device using operating parameters; a data storage interlinking an identifier from the physical device and dated values of attributes and a list of control functions capable of modifying some of the operating parameters; an interpreter adapted for receiving a device identifier datum and a time horizon parameter at the same time and for responding thereto by establishing a series of respective events using the information from the data storage, related to the time horizon, each event interlinking a date, one or more identifiers of control functions, and parameters for these functions, established in accordance with a dated attribute value; and a sequencer arranged to call the interpreter and carry out chronologically the calls of the functions of each event of the series as returned by the interpreter.
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12 . A tool for aiding the management of communicating physical equipment having at least one of a processing, storage and digital data transmission capacity, the tool comprising:
an equipment controller capable of causing the physical equipment to operate in conformity with a set of operating parameters;
a data storage structure relating an identifier for the physical equipment firstly with a set of dated attribute values and secondly with a list of command functions capable of modifying at least some of the operating parameters of the controller;
an interpreter adapted to receive at a same time equipment identifier data and a time horizon parameter, and to respond thereto by determining a sequence of respective events from information drawn from the storage of data concerned by the time horizon, each event interrelating a date, one or more identifiers of command functions and a set of parameters for these functions, determined on the basis of a dated attribute value; and
a sequencer arranged to call the interpreter and chronologically to call the functions of each event of the sequence such as returned by the interpreter.
13 . The tool as recited in claim 12 wherein the said data storage structure relates the identifier for the physical equipment also with a unified functional class identifier, and wherein the set of dated attribute values comprises a dated set of maximum capacity quantitative data in relation to the functional class identifier.
14 . The tool as recited in claim 12 wherein the list of command functions comprises at least one function capable of modifying maximum capacity quantitative data.
15 . The tool as recited in claim 12 wherein the data storage structure relates the identifier for the physical equipment also with a unified functional class identifier, wherein the set of dated attribute values comprises a dated set of reserved capacity quantitative data in relation to the functional class identifier, and wherein a second data structure relates these reserved capacity data with a network infrastructure identifier.
16 . The tool as recited in claim 12 wherein the set of dated attribute values comprises non-functional dated attribute values relating to security, performance, geographical location, financial cost, energy cost of the equipment, ownership, reliability and/or performance monitoring.
17 . The tool as recited in claim 12 wherein the interpreter, the sequencer and the controller are linked to a synchronizer.
18 . The tool as recited in claim 17 wherein the synchronizer comprises an element at least from the group consisting of: a global clock of GPS type, a NTP server, and a global distributed clock built and resynchronized from a physical time source.
19 . A tool for aiding the management of a network of communicating physical equipment having at least one of a processing, storage and digital data transmission capacity, the tool comprising:
a respective equipment controller capable of causing the physical equipment to operate in conformity with a set of operating parameters;
a data storage structure relating an identifier for each item of physical equipment firstly with a set of dated attribute values and secondly with a list of command functions capable of modifying at least some of the operating parameters of the controller of the respective equipment;
an interpreter adapted to receive at a same time equipment identifier data and a time horizon parameter, and to respond thereto by determining a sequence of respective events from information drawn from the storage of data concerned by the time horizon, each event interrelating a date, one or more identifiers of command functions and a set of parameters for these functions, determined on the basis of a dated attribute value; and
at least one sequencer arranged to call the interpreter and chronologically to call the functions of each event of the sequence such as returned by the interpreter.
20 . The tool as recited in claim 19 wherein the data storage structure is common to several items of equipment of the said network.
21 . The tool as recited in claim 19 wherein the interpreter is common to several items of equipment of the said network.
22 . The tool as recited in claim 19 wherein each respective equipment controller is at least partly in the form of a daemon.