Network device monitoring with E-mail reporting
First Claim
1. A network device comprising:
- a network interface operative to couple the network device to a communications link and operative to exchange mail message data over the communications link;
monitoring circuitry configured to monitor an operating state of the communications link and to detect an alarm condition related to the operating state of the communications link; and
a processor operatively coupled to the network interface, the monitoring circuitry, and to a memory, the memory comprising executable instructions for causing the processor to send a message defined by an electronic mail messaging protocol to a recipient device to report a detected alarm condition when the monitoring circuitry detects the alarm condition.
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Abstract
A network device includes a network interface, monitoring circuitry, and a processor. The network interface is operative to couple the network device to a communications link and to exchange mail message data over the communications link. The monitoring circuitry is configured to monitor an operating state of the network device and to detect an alarm condition. The processor is operatively coupled to the network interface, the monitoring circuitry, and to a memory. The memory includes executable instructions for causing the processor to send a mail message to report a detected alarm condition when the monitoring circuitry detects the alarm condition. A method of reporting device status data includes detecting an alarm condition at a network device and sending a mail message to a recipient device to report the alarm condition.
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21 Claims
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1. A network device comprising:
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a network interface operative to couple the network device to a communications link and operative to exchange mail message data over the communications link;
monitoring circuitry configured to monitor an operating state of the communications link and to detect an alarm condition related to the operating state of the communications link; and
a processor operatively coupled to the network interface, the monitoring circuitry, and to a memory, the memory comprising executable instructions for causing the processor to send a message defined by an electronic mail messaging protocol to a recipient device to report a detected alarm condition when the monitoring circuitry detects the alarm condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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6. A method of reporting device status data comprising:
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detecting an alarm condition at a network device connected to a network, the alarm condition related to an operating condition of a communications link in the network; and
sending a message defined by an electronic mail messaging protocol to a recipient device to report the alarm condition. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An article comprising a machine-readable medium that stores machine-executable instructions for reporting device status, the instructions causing a machine to:
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detect an alarm condition at a network device connected to a network, the alarm condition related to an operating condition of a communications link in the network; and
send a message defined by an electronic mail messaging protocol to a recipient device to report the alarm condition. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
aggregate the stored data associated with the detected alarm condition together with stored data associated with other alarm conditions to form aggregated alarm data and, wherein instructions causing the machine to send the mail message to report the alarm condition comprises instructions causing the machine to send the aggregated alarm data.
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