Method of guaranteed delivery of SNMP traps across a wide area network
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1. A method of guaranteeing the delivery of SNMP traps in a network, comprising:
- receiving at least two SNMP traps at a trap concentrator;
bundling the SNMP traps using a guaranteed delivery data transmission protocol;
transmitting the bundled traps to a trap echoer; and
unbundling the traps and transmitting their data content to a trap processor.
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Abstract
A system and method of guaranteeing the delivery of SNMP traps in a computer network. In an exemplary embodiment, the method receives SNMP Traps at a trap concentrator, which bundles the traps using a guaranteed delivery data transmission protocol. The trap concentrator further transmits the bundled traps across a network to a trap echoer, which unbundles the traps and transmits their data content to a trap processor. In exemplary embodiments, the trap concentrator recognizes if attempted trap transmission to the trap echoer fails, and if so, stores the bundled traps in a cache until they can be retransmitted in their original sequence.
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1. A method of guaranteeing the delivery of SNMP traps in a network, comprising:
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receiving at least two SNMP traps at a trap concentrator;
bundling the SNMP traps using a guaranteed delivery data transmission protocol;
transmitting the bundled traps to a trap echoer; and
unbundling the traps and transmitting their data content to a trap processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for guaranteeing the transmission of monitoring messages across a network to a monitoring application, comprising:
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a monitoring message concentrator which is connected to and receives monitoring messages from computing equipment, the monitoring message concentrator transmitting received messages across a network to a message echoer using a standards-based guaranteed delivery data transmission protocol;
a monitoring message echoer coupled to the monitoring message concentrator which receives the transmitted messages and further transmits the data content of the messages to a monitoring message processor; and
a monitoring message processor coupled to the monitoring message echoer which implements a monitoring application. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein, the computer readable program code means in said computer program product comprising means for causing a computer to:
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receive at least two SNMP traps at a trap concentrator;
bundle the SNMP traps using a guaranteed delivery data transmission protocol; and
transmit the bundled traps to a trap echoer;
unbundle the traps and transmit their data content to a trap processor. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of guaranteeing the delivery of SNMP traps in a network, said method comprising:
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receiving at least two SNMP traps at a trap concentrator;
bundling the SNMP traps using a guaranteed delivery data transmission protocol; and
transmitting the bundled traps to a trap echoer; and
unbundling the traps and transmitting their data content to a trap processor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 19)
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20. A method of guaranteeing the delivery of monitoring messages in a network, comprising:
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receiving at least two monitoring messages at a message concentrator;
bundling the monitoring messages using a guaranteed delivery data transmission protocol; and
transmitting the bundled monitoring messages to a message echoer;
unbundling the monitoring messages and transmitting their data content to a monitoring message processor.
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