System and method for configuring contents of network management notifications
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1. A method for configuring contents of a network management notification, comprising:
- sending a request from a management station to at least one agent for a list of notifications supported by the agent;
receiving at the management station the list of notifications supported by the agent, each of the notifications having an associated list of objects to include in notifications generated by the agent;
sending a message from the management station to the agent instructing the agent to modify said list of objects associated with at least one of the notifications so that the notification generated at the agent comprises the modified list of objects in an order specified by the management station; and
receiving from the agent a notification containing the modified list of objects in the order specified in the message sent from the management station, upon occurrence of an event;
wherein the message from the management station specifies a list of variable bindings to include in at least one of the notifications supported by the agent.
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Abstract
A method for configuring contents of a network management notification includes receiving at a management station a list of notifications supported by an agent and sending a message to the agent specifying objects for each of the notifications. A notification containing the specified objects is received at the management station upon the occurrence of an event.
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1. A method for configuring contents of a network management notification, comprising:
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sending a request from a management station to at least one agent for a list of notifications supported by the agent; receiving at the management station the list of notifications supported by the agent, each of the notifications having an associated list of objects to include in notifications generated by the agent; sending a message from the management station to the agent instructing the agent to modify said list of objects associated with at least one of the notifications so that the notification generated at the agent comprises the modified list of objects in an order specified by the management station; and receiving from the agent a notification containing the modified list of objects in the order specified in the message sent from the management station, upon occurrence of an event; wherein the message from the management station specifies a list of variable bindings to include in at least one of the notifications supported by the agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product for configuring contents of a network management notification, comprising:
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code that sends a request from a management station to at least one agent for a list of notifications supported by the agent; code that receives at the management station a list of notifications supported by the agent, each of the notifications having an associated list of objects to include in notifications generated by the agent; code that sends a message from the management station to the agent instructing the agent to modify said list of objects associated with at least one of the notifications so that the notification generated at the agent comprises the modified list of objects in an order specified by the management station; code that receives a notification containing the modified list of objects in the specified order upon occurrence of an event; and a computer-readable storage medium for storing the codes, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is not a data signal embodied in a carrier wave; wherein the message from the management station specifies a list of variable bindings to include in at least one of the notifications supported by the agent. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for configuring contents of a network management notification, comprising:
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a processor at a management station that receives information specifying contents of notifications supported by an agent, each of the notifications having an associated list of objects to include in notifications generated by the agent, sends instructions to the agent to modify said list of objects associated with at least one of the notifications so that the notification generated at the agent comprises the modified list of objects in an order specified by the management station, and receives from the agent a notification containing the modified list of objects in the order specified in the message sent from the management station upon occurrence of an event; and a storage medium having said list of objects associated with the notifications stored thereon wherein the message from the management station specifies a list of variable bindings to include in at least one of the notifications supported by the agent.
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23. A system for configuring contents of a network management notification, comprising:
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means for sending a request from a management station to at least one agent for a list of notifications supported by the agent; means for receiving information specifying contents of notifications supported by the agent within a network at the management station, each of the notifications having an associated list of objects to include in notifications generated by the agent; means for sending instructions from the management station to the agent to modify said list of objects associated with at least one of the notifications so that the notification generated at the agent comprises the modified list of objects in the order specified by the management station; and means for receiving from the agent a notification containing the specified objects in the specified order upon occurrence of an event; wherein the message from the management station specifies a list of variable bindings to include in at least one of the notifications supported by the agent.
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24. A system for sending SNMP notification from an agent to a management station, comprising:
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a processor that receives a message from the management station instructing the agent to modify a list of objects associated with a notification so that the notification generated at the agent comprises the modified list of objects in the order specified by the management station, modifies said list of objects for the notifications to include in the specified order, and sends a notification containing the modified list of objects in the specified order upon occurrence of an event; wherein the message from the management station specifies a list of variable bindings to include in the notification; and a storage medium for storing the notifications supported by the agent and the list of variable bindings.
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