Managing a network element operating on a network
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
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.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- receiving an SNMP message by a simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent local to a network element operating on a network, wherein the SNMP message contains a corrective command from an SNMP server responsive to the SNMP agent determining that a usage value of an activity parameter of the network element exceeds a predetermined threshold value, wherein the corrective command is added to an SNMP payload of the SNMP message and is piggybacked on a protocol data unit;
- and
- responsive to the corrective command, performing by the SNMP agent a corrective function specified by the corrective command on the network element to reduce the usage value of the activity parameter.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor that, when executing instructions stored in an associated memory, is configured to:
- determine by a simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent, local to a network element operating on a network, that a usage value of an activity parameter of the network element exceeds a predetermined threshold usage value;
- in response to the determination, receive an SNMP message containing a corrective command from an SNMP server, wherein the corrective command is added to an SNMP payload of the SNMP message and is piggybacked on a protocol data unit;
- and
- responsive to the corrective command being received, perform by the SNMP agent a corrective function specified by the corrective command on the network element to reduce the usage value of the at least one activity parameter.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- receiving an SNMP message by a simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent local to a network element operating on a network, wherein the SNMP message contains a corrective command from an SNMP server responsive to the SNMP agent determining that a usage value of an activity parameter of the network element exceeds a predetermined threshold value, wherein the corrective command is added to an SNMP payload of the SNMP message and is piggybacked on a protocol data unit;
- and
- responsive to the corrective command, performing by the SNMP agent a corrective function specified by the corrective command on the network element to reduce the usage value of the activity parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.