System and method for monitoring network devices
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1. A method for monitoring hardware information associated with a plurality of distinct network devices in an enterprise system, comprising:
- invoking a flexible configuration file, the flexible configuration file comprising a first location directive to retrieve parameters from a first network device and a second location directive to retrieve parameters from a second network device, the first network device comprising a first device type and the second network device comprising a second device type;
remotely retrieving real-time hardware information associated with (i) the first network device based on the first location directive and (ii) the second network device based on the second location directive, the hardware information including parameters related to one or more hardware characteristics of the first network device or the second network device, wherein remotely retrieving real-time hardware information associated with (i) the first network device based on the first location directive and (ii) the second network device based on the second location directive comprises polling the first network device and the second network device based on a polling configuration file, the polling configuration file comprising separate polling intervals for individual ones of the parameters related to hardware characteristics;
enabling selection, by a user, of the first network device or the second network device;
dynamically presenting the real-time hardware information associated with the selected network device through a display, the display comprising a first and a second window, the first window comprising a hierarchical tree structure of user-selectable hardware characteristics of the selected network device, the second window comprising a tabular display of information associated with a hardware characteristic selected by the user in the hierarchical tree structure of the first window.
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Abstract
A method and system for monitoring hardware information associated with a network device in an enterprise system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for monitoring hardware information associated with a network device in an enterprise system includes retrieving hardware information associated with a network element, the hardware information including information on one or more hardware characteristics. A display dynamically presents the information.
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1. A method for monitoring hardware information associated with a plurality of distinct network devices in an enterprise system, comprising:
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invoking a flexible configuration file, the flexible configuration file comprising a first location directive to retrieve parameters from a first network device and a second location directive to retrieve parameters from a second network device, the first network device comprising a first device type and the second network device comprising a second device type; remotely retrieving real-time hardware information associated with (i) the first network device based on the first location directive and (ii) the second network device based on the second location directive, the hardware information including parameters related to one or more hardware characteristics of the first network device or the second network device, wherein remotely retrieving real-time hardware information associated with (i) the first network device based on the first location directive and (ii) the second network device based on the second location directive comprises polling the first network device and the second network device based on a polling configuration file, the polling configuration file comprising separate polling intervals for individual ones of the parameters related to hardware characteristics; enabling selection, by a user, of the first network device or the second network device; dynamically presenting the real-time hardware information associated with the selected network device through a display, the display comprising a first and a second window, the first window comprising a hierarchical tree structure of user-selectable hardware characteristics of the selected network device, the second window comprising a tabular display of information associated with a hardware characteristic selected by the user in the hierarchical tree structure of the first window. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. The method the hardware characteristics being selected from the group consisting of:
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memory usage; chassis temperature; CPU usage; fan status; module card status; and power supply status.
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4. An electronically readable storage medium, the medium comprising instructions that control one or more processors to:
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invoke a flexible configuration file, the flexible configuration file comprising a first location directive to retrieve parameters from a first network device and a second location directive to retrieve parameters from a second network device, the first network device comprising a first device type and the second network device comprising a second device type; remotely retrieve real-time hardware information associated with (i) the first network device based on the first location directive and (ii) the second network device based on the second location directive, the hardware information including parameters related to one or more hardware characteristics of the first network device or the second network device, wherein remotely retrieving the real-time hardware information comprises polling the first and second network devices based on a polling configuration file that specifies separate intervals for individual ones of the parameters related to the hardware characteristics; and dynamically present at least of a portion the real-time hardware information through a display. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for monitoring information associated with a plurality of distinct network devices in an enterprise system, comprising;
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memory storing a flexible configuration file, the flexible configuration file comprising a plurality of location directives, each directive associated with a MIB parameter for one of the network devices; and one or more processors collectively operable to; invoke a flexible configuration file, the flexible configuration file comprising a first location directive to retrieve parameters from a first network device and a second location directive to retrieve parameters from a second network device, the first network device comprising a first device type and the second network device comprising a second device type, remotely retrieve real-time hardware information associated with (i) the first network device based on the first location directive and (ii) the second network device based on the second location directive, the hardware information including parameters related to one or more hardware characteristics of the first network device or the second network device, wherein remotely retrieving the real-time hardware information comprises polling the first and second network devices based on a polling configuration file that specifies separate intervals for individual ones of the parameters related to the hardware characteristics; and dynamically present at least a portion of the real-time hardware information through a display. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for monitoring hardware information associated with a plurality of distinct network devices in an enterprise system, comprising:
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invoking a flexible configuration file, the flexible configuration file comprising a first location directive to retrieve parameters from a first network device and a second location directive to retrieve parameters from a second network device, the first network device comprising a first device type and the second network device comprising a second device type, remotely retrieving real-time hardware information associated with the first network device based on the first location directive, the hardware information including parameters related to one or more hardware characteristics, wherein remotely retrieving real-time hardware information associated with the first network device comprises polling the first network device based on a polling configuration file that specifies separate intervals for individual ones of the parameters related to the hardware characteristics; remotely retrieving real-time hardware information associated with the second network device based on the second location directive, the hardware information including parameters related to one or more hardware characteristics, wherein remotely retrieving real-time hardware information associated with the second network device comprises polling the second network device based on a polling configuration file that specifies separate intervals for individual ones of the parameters related to the hardware characteristics; dynamically displaying the at least a portion of the retrieved hardware information through a display. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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