Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for a communication system that can be configured to receive a request for an update to a plurality of devices in a system, determine an amount of time to deploy the update, and que a deployment of the update for a least total wait time. In an example, the update is an operating system update.

Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for a communication system that can be configured to receive a request for an update to a plurality of devices in a system, determine an amount of time to deploy the update, and que a deployment of the update for a least total wait time. In an example, the update is an operating system update.

Abstract: Described herein are exemplary storage network architectures and methods for diagnosing a path in a storage network. Devices and nodes in the storage network have ports. Port metrics for the ports may be ascertained and used to detect link problems in paths. In an exemplary described implementation, the following actions are effectuated in a storage network: ascertaining one or more port metrics for at least one device at a first time; ascertaining the one or more port metrics for the at least one device at a second time; analyzing the one or more port metrics from the first and second times; and determining if the analysis indicates a link problem in a path of the storage network.

Abstract: Method and system for reporting events stored in an event log of an electronic device to requesting remote computers. An event reporting mechanism within the electronic device inserts special watermark events into the event log in order to keep track of particular reporting threads. The reporting thread may be associated with a particular type of logged event and a particular requesting remote computer. Watermark events allow logged events to be reported without duplication and with minimal chance of omission. Implementation of the watermark-based event reporting technique does not require extensive changes to, or reformatting of, non-volatile memory-based events logs, and only minimal changes to the hardware circuitry or firmware that implements the event reporting mechanism within an electronic device.