Processes and apparatuses for managing network devices
First Claim
1. A computer system for management of a plurality of network manageable devices comprising:
- a management computer;
a plurality of network manageable devices which are in data communication with and managed by the management computer; and
a display computer in data communication with the management computer and capable of displaying to a user of the display computer information relating to the network manageable devices that can be accessed by a management application, wherein the display computer is configured to generate an SNMP request, wherein the SNMP request comprises an object identifier for a MIB abstract object and an identifier associated with one of the network manageable devices capable of having management information to which access is desired, wherein the management application comprises a MIB compiler capable of generating at least one MIB output file from a MIB input file, wherein the MIB output file contains programming structures which can be used by the management application to determine the information it can access, and wherein the management computer is configured to retrieve MIB item values corresponding to the abstract MIB object and the other network manageable devices managed by the management computer, if the SNMP request is a GETNEXT request.
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Abstract
Processes and apparatuses are provided for managing one of a plurality of network manageable devices, each one of the plurality of network manageable devices having a unit of first management information associated therewith. A request is issued to a first computer from a second computer to access the unit of first management information associated with the one of the plurality of network manageable devices. A first data structure is created for storing a unit of first device information for each one of the plurality of network manageable devices with each unit of first device information identifying its respective network manageable device. The first data structure is searched for a unit of first device information associated with the one of the plurality of network manageable devices and the unit of first device information associated with the one of the plurality of network manageable devices is used to locate the unit of first management information associated with the one of the plurality of network manageable devices.
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7 Claims
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1. A computer system for management of a plurality of network manageable devices comprising:
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a management computer;
a plurality of network manageable devices which are in data communication with and managed by the management computer; and
a display computer in data communication with the management computer and capable of displaying to a user of the display computer information relating to the network manageable devices that can be accessed by a management application, wherein the display computer is configured to generate an SNMP request, wherein the SNMP request comprises an object identifier for a MIB abstract object and an identifier associated with one of the network manageable devices capable of having management information to which access is desired, wherein the management application comprises a MIB compiler capable of generating at least one MIB output file from a MIB input file, wherein the MIB output file contains programming structures which can be used by the management application to determine the information it can access, and wherein the management computer is configured to retrieve MIB item values corresponding to the abstract MIB object and the other network manageable devices managed by the management computer, if the SNMP request is a GETNEXT request. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A process for accessing management information associated with a plurality of network manageable devices, comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a management computer an SNMP request from a display computer, wherein the SNMP request comprises an object identifier for an MIB abstract object and an identifier associated with a network manageable device capable of having management information to which access is desired, wherein the MIB abstract object comprises a logical grouping of MIB items and is generated from an MIB compiler;
initializing an instance list with a device index value for the network manageable device, wherein the instance list can be used to determine if a database includes MIB item values associated with the network manageable device;
retrieving MIB item values corresponding to the abstract MIB object and the network manageable device from the database; and
if the SNMP request is a GETNEXT request, retrieving MIB item values corresponding to the abstract MIB object and any other network manageable device managed by the management computer. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A computer system for management of a plurality of network manageable devices comprising:
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a management computer;
a plurality of network manageable devices which are in data communication with and managed by the management computer; and
a display computer in data communication with the management computer and capable of displaying to a user of the display computer information relating to the network manageable devices that can be accessed by a management application, wherein the display computer is configured to generate an SNMP request, wherein the SNMP request comprises an object identifier for a MIB abstract object, wherein the management application comprises a MIB compiler capable of generating at least one MIB output file from a MIB input file, wherein the MIB output file contains programming structures which can be used by the management application to determine the information it can access, and wherein the management computer is configured to retrieve MIB item values corresponding to the abstract MIB object and to initialize an instance list with a device index value for a network manageable device, wherein the instance list can be used to determine if a database includes MIB item values associated with the network manageable device. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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