System and method for controlling trap generation of simple network management protocol (SNMP) by defining and using a trapflag field and a trappeer field in the managed information base (MIB)
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1. A method for controlling trap generation of a SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) operated between a manager and at least one agent, comprising:
- defining in a MIB (Managed Information Base) a TrapFlag field and a TrapPeer field for each management-object resource and including at least two objects correlated together to define a trap generation condition, wherein a value of the TrapFlag field is set by the manager to indicate whether or not the agent should issue a Trap message for the corresponding object, and wherein a value of the TrapPeer field is set by the agent to indicate whether or not the trap generation condition is satisfied.
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Abstract
A method for controlling trap generation of an SNMP which is operated between a manager and at least one agent, wherein a TrapFlag field and a Trap Peer field are defined for each management-object resource (each object) in describing an MIB of an SNMP and two or more objects are correlated to define a trap generation condition, so that trap generation can be effectively controlled by defining a trap behavior individually for an object of an SNMP MIB.
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1. A method for controlling trap generation of a SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) operated between a manager and at least one agent, comprising:
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defining in a MIB (Managed Information Base) a TrapFlag field and a TrapPeer field for each management-object resource and including at least two objects correlated together to define a trap generation condition, wherein a value of the TrapFlag field is set by the manager to indicate whether or not the agent should issue a Trap message for the corresponding object, and wherein a value of the TrapPeer field is set by the agent to indicate whether or not the trap generation condition is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for controlling trap generation of an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) operated between a manager and at least one agent, comprising:
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defining a TrapFlag field and a TrapPeer field in a MIB (Managed Information Base) of an agent;
setting a TrapFlag field value according to a message outputted from the manager;
setting a TrapPeer field value for each object by the agent according to a Trap generation condition defined in the MIB; and
generating a trap for an object according to the values of the TrapFlag field and the TrapPeer field. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for controlling trap generation of an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) comprising:
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defining a TrapFlag field and a TrapPeer field in a MIB (Managed Information Base) of an agent; and
generating a trap for an object according to values of the defined TrapFlag field and the TrapPeer field, wherein generating the trap comprises;
searching the TrapFlag field of each object when it comes to a trap generation period;
checking a state of the TrapPeer field when the TrapFlag field is in an ON state; and
generating a trap for a corresponding object when the TrapPeer field is in the ON state. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) management system, comprising:
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a MIB (Managed Information Base) including definitions for a TrapFlag field and a TrapPeer field for each management-object resource to define a trap generation condition;
an agent configured to set a value of the TrapPeer field to indicate whether or not the trap operation condition is satisfied; and
a manager connected to the agent and configured to set a value of the TrapFlag field to indicate whether or not the agent should issue a Trap message for the corresponding object when the trap condition is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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