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Processes and apparatuses for managing network devices

  • US 6,532,491 B1
  • Filed: 11/05/1997
  • Issued: 03/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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