Network management with scalable trap definitions
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorAdrian Cowham
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Abstract
One embodiment disclosed relates to a process of configuring a network management system to support a new event trap. A new trap definition file is created which corresponds to the event trap. The new trap definition file is dropped into a trap definitions folder that is known to the network management system, Another embodiment disclosed relates to a method of processing an event trap by network management software. The trap is received, and a determination is made as to the trap code of the trap. Trap definition files in a trap definitions folder are scanned for a corresponding trap definition file having the trap code. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
Claims13
A method of processing an event trap by network management software, the method comprising:
- receiving the trap;
- determining a trap code of the trap;
- and
- scanning trap definition files in a trap definitions folder for a corresponding trap definition file having the trap code.
A system of processing an event trap by network management software, the system comprising:
- a network management system (NMS) configured to receive the trap;
- software code of the NMS configured to determine a trap code of the trap;
- and
- software code of the NMS configured to scan trap definition files in a trap definitions folder for a corresponding trap definition file having the trap code.
A process of configuring a network management system to support a new event trap, the process comprising:
- creating a new trap definition file corresponding to the event trap;
- and
- dropping the new trap definition file into a trap definitions folder that is known to the network management system,
- wherein the trap definitions folder includes multiple trap definition files, and
- wherein the network management system is configured such that, when a trap is received, the multiple trap definition files in the folder are scanned in order to find a file corresponding to the received trap.
A management station of a network management system, the management station comprising:
- a network management system;
- a management information base utilized by the network management system;
- and
- a trap definitions folder having a plurality of trap definition files therein,
- wherein the network management system is configured such that, when a trap is received, the multiple trap definition files in the folder are scanned in order to find a file corresponding to the received trap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.