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Method and apparatus for monitoring responses of configuration commands using a MIB-based approach

  • US 7,493,376 B1
  • Filed: 12/24/2002
  • Issued: 02/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of monitoring responses of configuration commands using a MIB-based approach, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • creating and storing a command response table comprising a plurality of command response entries,wherein the command response table is defined by a MIB on a network device;

    wherein the command response table stores information about errors that result from executing configuration commands for configuring the network device;

    receiving a configuration file that comprises one or more commands for configuring the network device;

    storing configuration error information into a particular command response entry of the plurality of command response entries, wherein the configuration error information describes a particular error that occurred while executing a particular command of the one or more commands;

    receiving a query for all configuration error information in the command response table that relates to a particular configuration operation;

    determining all configuration error information in the command response table that relates to a particular configuration operation; and

    returning, in response to the query, all the configuration error information from the command response table that relates to a particular configuration operation.

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