Method and system for automatic polling of multiple device types
First Claim
1. A method for automatically polling network devices of various types, comprising:
- associating one, or more, of a plurality of communication protocols with each of the device types;
associating a set of available information a device can provide with each of the device types;
receiving a message to monitor the network devices, wherein the message includes device type identifiers of the network devices; and
communicating with one, or more, of the devices according to the one, or more, protocols and information associated with the one, or more, devices being communicated with.
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Abstract
A common poller polls multiple network devices of a communication network regardless of device type. A device personality service associates information corresponding to each of the devices with unique identifiers thereof. The common poller provides information resulting from polling the devices to network management systems (“NMS”) that request status and health information thereof. A poller client interface isolates the NMS from a common datastore coupled to the common poller and processes the information between the datastore and the NMS so the datastore is not directly exposed to the NMS. A scheduled poller causes the common poller to poll each network device according to a predetermined schedule. An on-demand poller may poll the devices between scheduled polling events. If a predetermined period as not passed since previous scheduled polling, the poller client interface forwards previously stored information from the common datastore to an NMS requesting status for a given device.
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1. A method for automatically polling network devices of various types, comprising:
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associating one, or more, of a plurality of communication protocols with each of the device types; associating a set of available information a device can provide with each of the device types; receiving a message to monitor the network devices, wherein the message includes device type identifiers of the network devices; and communicating with one, or more, of the devices according to the one, or more, protocols and information associated with the one, or more, devices being communicated with. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for polling a plurality of communication devices of multiple device types over a communication network, comprising:
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a common polling server for facilitating polling of one or more of the plurality of devices of one, or more, of the multiple device types and providing results that result from the polling to components of one, or more, network management system; a common polling datastore for storing information that results from the polling of the one or more devices; and a poller client interface, coupled to the network, that provides an interface between the common polling server and one, or more, of the network management systems. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for polling a plurality of communication devices of multiple device types over a communication network, comprising:
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a common polling server for facilitating polling of one or more of the plurality of devices of one, or more, of the multiple device types and providing results that result from the polling to components of one, or more, network management system; and a common polling datastore for storing information that results from the polling of the one or more devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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