METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND DISPLAYING NETWORK DEVICE INFORMATION

• US 20110040781A1
• Filed: 08/16/2010
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schneider Electric IT Corporation (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: American Power Conversion Corporation (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: Martinek, Joshua Thomas, Faulkner, Gary
• Granted Patent: US 8,719,319 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/044 comprising hierarchical management structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

In one particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a network management system. The network monitoring system includes at least one device definition file, a simple network management protocol enabled communications interface, and a data access interface. The definition file includes query instructions associated with portions of MIBs associated with a network device. The simple network management protocol enabled communications interface may access the network device using the query instructions and may receive response data from the network device. The data access interface may be configured to provide external access to the response data and configure thresholds.

Claims

1. A network monitoring system comprising:

at least one device definition file, the device definition file comprising query instructions associated with a network device;

a simple network management protocol enabled communications interface, the simple network management protocol enabled communications interface to access the network device using the query instructions and to receive response data from the network device; and

a data access interface configured to provide external access to the response data.

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