Device management system
A device management system includes a system management information handling system (IHS) that is coupled to a network. A first device is included in the device management system and is not configured to communicate with the system management IHS. A plurality of user IHSs are each configured to communicatively couple to the first device and are each configured to communicatively couple to the system management IHS through the network. Each of the plurality of user IHSs is configured to retrieve device information from the first device when that user IHS is communicatively coupled to the first device. Each of the plurality of user IHSs is configured to provide the device information for the first device to the system management IHS when that user IHS is communicatively coupled to the system management IHS through the network.
1. A device management system, comprising:
a system management device that is coupled to a network;
a first managed device that is not configured to communicate with the system management device due to the first managed device not being connected to the network; and
a first user device that is configured to:
communicatively couple to the first managed device without the use of the network;
retrieve and store first managed device information from the first managed device when the first user device is both communicatively coupled to the first managed device without the use of the network and not communicatively coupled to the system management device through the network, wherein the first managed device information for the first managed device includes first managed device component status information for the first managed device that describes a status of at least one component in the first managed device;
disconnect from the first managed device such that the first user device is not communicatively coupled to the first managed device;
communicatively couple to the system management device through the network; and
provide the first managed device information for the first managed device to the system management device when the first user device is both communicatively coupled to the system management device through the network and not communicatively coupled to the first managed device.
2. The device management system of claim 1 , wherein the system management device is configured to send operation instruction for the first managed device over the network to the first user device.
3. The device management system of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one second managed device that is not configured to communicate with the system management device due to the at least one second managed device not being connected to the network, wherein the first user device configured to:
communicatively couple to the at least one second managed device without the use of the network;
retrieve second managed device information from the at least one second managed device when the first user device is communicatively coupled to the at least one second managed device without the use of the network; and
provide the second managed device information for the at least one second managed device to the system management device when the first user device is communicatively coupled to the system management device through the network.
4. The device management system of claim 1 , wherein the system management device is configured to send operation instruction for the first managed device over the network to a second user device, and wherein the second user device provides the operation instruction to the first managed device when the second user device is communicatively coupled to the first managed device without the use of the network.
5. The device management system of claim 1 , wherein the system management device is configured to update a first managed device status associated with the first managed device using the first managed device information for the first managed device that was received from the first user device.
6. The device management system of claim 1 , wherein the system management device is configured to determine that first managed device information for the first managed device that was received from the first user device includes event information for the first managed device and, in response, provide an event notification.
7. An information handling system (IHS), comprising:
a processing system; and
a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a system manager that is coupled to a network and that is configured to:
receive, from a first user device through the network, first managed device information for a first managed device that is not configured to communicate with the system manager due to the first device not being connected to the network,
wherein the first user device is configured to retrieve and store the first managed device information from the first managed device when the first user device is both directly communicatively coupled to the first managed device with the use of the network and not communicatively coupled to the system manager through the network, and
wherein the first managed device information for the first managed device is received from the first user device when the first user device is both communicatively coupled to the system manager through the network and not directly communicatively coupled to the first managed device, wherein the first managed device information for the first managed device includes first managed device component status information for the first managed device that describes a status of at least one component in the first managed device;
update a first managed device status associated with the first managed device using the first managed device information for the first managed device that was received from the first user device; and
provide an event notification in response to determining that the first managed device information for the first managed device that was received from the first user device includes event information for the first managed device.
8. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the system manager is configured to:
send operation instruction for the first managed device over the network to a second user device, and wherein the second user device provides the operation instruction to the first managed device when the second user device is communicatively coupled to the first managed device without the use of the network.
9. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the system manager is configured to:
receive, from the first user device through the network, second managed device information for at least one second managed device that is not configured to communicate with the system manager due to the at least one second managed device not being connected to the network, wherein the second managed device information for the at least one second managed device was communicated to the first user device through a direct communication coupling and without the use of the network;
update at least one second managed device status associated with the at least one second managed device using the second managed device information for the at least one second managed device that was received from the first user device; and
provide an event notification in response to determining that the second managed device information for the at least one second managed device that was received from the first user device includes event information for the at least one second managed device.
10. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the system manager is configured to:
store a plurality of first managed device information for the first managed device that was received from the first user device as first managed device history information.
11. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the system manager is configured to:
send an operation instruction for the first managed device over the network to the first user device.
12. A method for managing devices, comprising:
receiving, by a system management device through a network from a first user device, first managed device information for a first managed device that is not configured to communicate with the system management device due to the first managed device not being connected to the network,
wherein the first managed device information for the first managed device includes first managed device component status information for the first managed device that describes a status of at least one component in the first managed device
wherein the first user device retrieved the first managed device information from the first managed device when the first user device was both directly communicatively coupled to the first managed device without the use of the network and not communicatively coupled to the system management device through the network, and
wherein the first user device provided the first managed device information to the system management device when the first user device was both communicatively coupled to the system management device through the network and not directly communicatively coupled to the first managed device;
updating, by the system management device, a first managed device status associated with the first managed device using the first managed device information for the first managed device that was received from the first user device; and
providing, by the system management device, an event notification in response to determining that the first managed device information for the first managed device that was received from the first user device includes event information for the first managed device.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first user device, stores the first managed device information from the first managed device when the first user device is communicatively coupled to the first managed device and not communicatively coupled to the system management device through the network.
14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
receiving, by the system management device through the network from the first user device, device information for at least one second managed device that is not configured to communicate with the system management device due to the at least one second managed device not being connected to the network, wherein the second managed device information for the at least one second managed device was communicated to the first user device through a direct communication coupling and without the use of the network;
updating, by the system management device, at least one second managed device status associated with the at least one second managed device using the second managed device information for the at least one second managed device that was received from the first user device; and
providing, by the system management device, an event notification in response to determining that the second managed device information for the at least one second managed device that was received from the first user device includes event information for the at least one second managed device.
15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
providing, by the system management device, operation instruction for the first managed device over the network to a second user device, and wherein the second user device provides the operation instruction to the first managed device when the second user device is communicatively coupled to the first managed device without the use of the network.
16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
storing, by the system management device, a plurality of first managed device information for the first managed device that was received from the first user device as first managed device history information.
17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
sending an operation instruction for the first managed device over the network to the first user device.