OBJECT IDENTIFIER AWARENESS FOR NETWORK DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying object identifiers and associated parameter values generated by a processor;
associating a unique identifier with the object identifiers that uniquely identifies the processor that generated the parameter values and distinguishes the processor from other processors in a same system that may also generate object identifiers and associated parameter values; and
sending a notification that contains the unique identifier, object identifiers, and parameter values associated with the object identifiers.
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In one embodiment, a control processor sends unique identifiers to each traffic processor in a multi-processor system of different unique identifiers may be sent for each traffic processor supported Management Information Base (MIB). The traffic processors modify MIB object identifiers to include the unique identifiers and then transmit notifications that include the unique identifiers, MIB object identifiers, and associated traffic processor parameter values. In another embodiment, the control processor handles the task of attaching unique identifiers so each MIB object identifiers are uniquely correlated with a particular traffic processor.
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying object identifiers and associated parameter values generated by a processor; associating a unique identifier with the object identifiers that uniquely identifies the processor that generated the parameter values and distinguishes the processor from other processors in a same system that may also generate object identifiers and associated parameter values; and sending a notification that contains the unique identifier, object identifiers, and parameter values associated with the object identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first processor configured to generate different parameter values and associate the parameter values with different object identifiers; and the first processor, or a second processor, configured to modify the object identifiers to include unique identifiers that uniquely identify the first processor that generated the parameter values associated with object identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A network processing device, comprising:
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multiple traffic processors each operating Management Information Bases (MIBs) that assign object identifiers to different associated traffic processor values; and a control processor coupled to the multiple traffic processors, either the multiple traffic processors or the control processor modifying the object identifiers to include device identifiers that identify the traffic processors that generated the traffic processor values. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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