Method And System For Managing A Hierarchical Information Base With An Application Layer Protocol
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSujoy SARKAR, Robert HYERLE
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Abstract
Presented is a method and system for using the Simple Network Management Protocol, SNMP, to manage a hierarchical information base comprising a plurality of entries each defining one or more object attributes. The method comprises mapping each of a plurality of objects of an SNMP Management Information Base, MIB, to a unique attribute of the information base.
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A method of using the Simple Network Management Protocol, SNMP, to manage a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, LDAP, information base comprising a plurality of entries each defining one or more information model object attributes, the method comprising:
- mapping each of a plurality of objects of an SNMP Management Information Base, MIB, to a unique attribute of the LDAP information base.
An SNMP network management system adapted to manage a LDAP information base comprising a plurality of entries each defining one or more object attributes, the network management system being further adapted to map each of a plurality of objects of an SNMP MIB to a unique attribute of the LDAP information base.
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