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US 2011/0213848 A1Published application
System and method for monitoring a plurality of network devices
AssigneeLexmark International, Inc.
InventorGRANT JAMES GILMOUR
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Abstract
A system for monitoring a plurality of network devices within a network comprises a network monitor embedded within one of the network devices for automatically discovering and requesting status information from other network devices. The network monitor, in the event that another network monitor is discovered, initiates cooperation with the other network monitor to share discovering and requesting.
Claims20
A method for monitoring a plurality of network devices, comprising:
- identifying devices on the network capable of making an SNMP connection;
- requesting identification data from each of the identified devices, wherein the requesting uses one or more of SNMP, HTTP, XML, ICMP, and PJL over TCP/IP;
- storing the device identification data received in response to requesting;
- periodically requesting additional data from devices using the stored device identification data and, if the additional data satisfies a predetermined criterion, the predetermined criterion being a configurable parameter and based on a device status change, then creating and sending an electronic message to at least one specified recipient;
- connecting directly into any identified external device;
- and
- forwarding information collected on a scheduled basis to an external collector;
- wherein all of the steps are performed based on instructions embedded within at least one network device and wherein instructions for interpreting the device status change eliminate duplicate, repetitive and multiple device status changes so as to reduce the sending of electronic messages.
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A method for monitoring a plurality of network devices, comprising:
- identifying devices on the network capable of making an SNMP connection;
- requesting identification data from each of the identified devices, wherein the requesting uses one or more of SNMP, HTTP, XML, ICMP, and PJL over TCP/IP;
- storing the device identification data received in response to the requesting;
- periodically requesting additional data from devices using the stored device identification data and, if the additional data satisfies a predetermined criterion, the predetermined criterion being a configurable parameter and based on a device status change, then creating and sending an electronic message to at least one specified recipient;
- connecting directly into any identified external device;
- and
- forwarding information collected on a scheduled basis to an external collector;
- wherein all of the steps are performed based on instructions embedded within at least one network device and wherein instructions for interpreting the device status change automatically close an event that has been rectified and which has no accompanying status change indicator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.