METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND DISPLAYING NETWORK DEVICE INFORMATION

• US 20070078868A1
• Filed: 11/16/2006
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gary Faulkner, Joshua Martinek
• Original Assignee: Gary Faulkner, Joshua Martinek
• Inventors: Faulkner, Gary, Martinek, Joshua
• Granted Patent: US 7,958,170 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/044 comprising hierarchical management structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

In one particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a network management system. The network monitoring system includes at least one device definition file, a simple network management protocol enabled communications interface, and a data access interface. The definition file includes query instructions associated with portions of MIBs associated with a network device. The simple network management protocol enabled communications interface may access the network device using the query instructions and may receive response data from the network device. The data access interface may be configured to provide external access to the response data and configure thresholds.

Claims

1. A user interface presented on a display, the user interface comprising:

response data from a query to a network device using a simple network management protocol and a device definition file;

supplemental data associated with the network device and stored in the device definition file; and

converted data derived from the response data in accordance with the device definition file.

2. The interface of claim 1, further comprising:

trace route information associated with the network device.

3. The interface of claim 1, further comprising:

MIB-2 SNMP data associated with the network device.