Methods and apparatus for optimizing simple network management protocol (SNMP) requests
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1. A method of detecting a change in Management Information Base (MIB) information received from a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent over a network, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a MIB information request;
sending said MIB information request to an SNMP agent over said network;
receiving a first response to said MIB information request from said SNMP agent, wherein said first response comprises MIB information encoded as a byte array, wherein said first response byte array is used as a baseline comparison byte array for response byte arrays received from said SNMP agent subsequent to the receipt of said first response;
comparing on a binary level said first response byte array to said baseline comparison byte array to determine if said MIB information has changed; and
if a change is detected, extracting MIB information from said first response byte array for comparison with baseline MIB information.
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Abstract
A method for optimizing the detection of a change in MIB information, the method including the steps of creating a MIB information request, sending the request to a SNMP agent, receiving a first response to the request from the SNMP agent, wherein the first response includes MIB information encoded as a byte array, and comparing the first response byte array to a comparison byte array to determine a difference therebetween.
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1. A method of detecting a change in Management Information Base (MIB) information received from a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent over a network, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a MIB information request;
sending said MIB information request to an SNMP agent over said network;
receiving a first response to said MIB information request from said SNMP agent, wherein said first response comprises MIB information encoded as a byte array, wherein said first response byte array is used as a baseline comparison byte array for response byte arrays received from said SNMP agent subsequent to the receipt of said first response;
comparing on a binary level said first response byte array to said baseline comparison byte array to determine if said MIB information has changed; and
if a change is detected, extracting MIB information from said first response byte array for comparison with baseline MIB information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for detecting a change in Management Information Base (MIB) information comprising:
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means for generating a MIB information request;
means for sending said MIB information request to a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent over a network;
means for receiving a first response to said MIB information request from said SNMP agent, wherein said first response comprises MIB information encoded as a byte array, wherein said first response byte array is used as a comparison byte array for response byte arrays received from said SNMP agent subsequent to the receipt of said first response; and
means for comparing said first response byte array to said comparison byte array to determine whether a change in said response has occurred.
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10. A method of detecting a change in Management Information Base (MIB) information received from a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent over a network, the method comprising the steps of:
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creating a MIB information request message;
sending said MIB information request message to an SNMP agent over said network;
receiving a first response message from said SNMP agent;
performing a binary comparison of said first response message to baseline comparison information wherein said first response byte array is used as said baseline comparison byte array for response byte arrays received from said SNMP agent subsequent to the receipt of said first response; and
if a byte level difference is detected as a result of said comparison, extracting MIB information from said response message and comparing said extracted MIB information with said baseline comparison information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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