User-friendly interface for setting expressions on an SNMP agent
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsSandra Durham, Ramanathan Kavasseri
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Abstract
Network communication between a management station and an expression management information base (MIB) on a simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent entails complex analysis and configuration during creation of the variables. In order to alleviate this concern, an interface is provided which accepts an expression from a user, parses the expression to determine if it is in proper form, creates SNMP set packets to set the expression on the expression MIB and sends the SNMP set packets to the expression MIB of the SNMP agent. Alternatively, a similar interface may be located within the SNMP agent or node, and requires no communication over the network in order to evaluate expressions.
Claims44
An apparatus for defining an expression on an expression MIB including:
- means for accepting the expression from a user;
- means for parsing said expression to determining if it is in proper form for an expression;
- means for creating SNMP set packets to set said expression on the expression MIB;
- and
- means for sending said SNMP set packets to the expression MIB of the SNMP agent.
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for defining an expression on an expression MIB, the method including the steps of:
- accepting the expression from a user;
- parsing said expression to determining if it is in proper form for an expression;
- creating SNMP set packets to set said expression on the expression MIB;
- and
- sending said SNMP set packets to the expression MIB of the SNMP agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.