Managing a network element operating on a network
AssigneeOpen Invention Network, LLC
InventorWilliam Charles Easttom
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Abstract
Disclosed are an apparatus and method of managing network elements operating on a network. One example method may include transmitting a request to receive at least one activity parameter of a network element operating on the network and monitoring the at least one activity parameter of the network element. The method may include determining whether a usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold usage value and transmitting a corrective function message to the network element responsive to determining that the usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold value. The method may further include performing a corrective function to reduce the usage value of the at least one activity parameter.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- transmitting by a local SNMP agent a corrective function message to a network element responsive to determining that a usage value of at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold value, wherein the network element is at least one network computer, at least one network printer and at least one network router;
- and
- performing by the local SNMP agent, a corrective function to reduce the usage value of the at least one activity parameter, wherein the corrective function message comprises setting a flag set operation to determine the corrective function, the flag set operation increments a virtual memory swap file size and wherein the corrective function is added to an SNMP payload and is piggybacked on a protocol data unit.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor configured to determine by a local SNMP agent whether a usage value of at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold usage value, and
- a transmitter configured to transmit from the local SNMP agent a corrective function message to a network element responsive to determining that the usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold value, wherein the local SNMP agent performs a corrective function to reduce the usage value of the at least one activity parameter, wherein the corrective function message comprises setting a flag set operation to determine the corrective function, the flag set operation increments a virtual memory swap file size and wherein the corrective function is added to an SNMP payload and is piggybacked on a protocol data unit, wherein the network element is at least one network computer, at least one network printer and at least one network router.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:
- transmitting by a local SNMP agent a corrective function message to a network element responsive to determining that a usage value of at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold value, wherein the network element is at least one network computer, at least one network printer and at least one network router;
- and
- performing a corrective function by the local SNMP agent to reduce the usage value of the at least one activity parameter, wherein the corrective function message comprises setting a flag set operation to determine the corrective function, the flag set operation increments a virtual memory swap file size and wherein the corrective function is added to an SNMP payload and is piggybacked on a protocol data unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.