System and method for retrieving network management data from multiple network elements
AssigneeAlcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
InventorsBen Jai, Clifford E. Martin
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Abstract
A system for, and method of, retrieving network management data in a network and a network management station incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) an information querier, associated with a network management station, that develops a query for at least some network management data from a target agent in the network and assigns a path for a response from the target agent that is unique to the target agent and (2) a response receiver, associated with the information querier, that receives, via the path, the response from the target agent containing the at least some the network management data.
Claims17
A system for retrieving network management data in a network, comprising:
- an information querier, associated with a network management station, that transmits a plurality of queries for at least some network management data from a plurality of distinct target agents in said network, each query being addressed to a corresponding one of said different target agents and being transmitted in succession independent of receiving a response from any of said target agents, each query directing a response from said each of said plurality of said target agents to a different port of said information querier that uniquely corresponds to a particular agent;
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- a response receiver, associated with said information querier, that receives, via at least one of said different ports, a response from at least one of said target agents.
A method of retrieving network management data in a network, comprising:
- transmitting a plurality of queries for at least some network management data from a plurality of different target agents in said network, each query being addressed to a corresponding one of said different target agents and being transmitted in succession independent of receiving a response from any of said target agents, each query directing a response from said each of said plurality of said target agents to a different port of said information querier that uniquely corresponds to a particular agent;
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- receiving, via at least one of said different ports, a response from at least one of said target agents.
A network management station, comprising:
- a network interface for linking said network management station to elements in an Ethernet network to be controlled;
- a network control circuitry, coupled to said network interface, for controlling said elements based at least in part on network management data retrieved from said elements;
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- a system for retrieving said network management data from said elements, including:
- an information querier that develops a plurality of Simple Network Management Protocol queries for at least some network management data from a plurality of different target agents associated with said elements, each query being addressed to a corresponding one of said different target agents and being transmitted in succession independent of receiving a response from any of said target agents, each query directing a response from said each of said plurality of said target agents to a different port of said information querier that uniquely corresponds to a particular agent, and
- a response receiver, associated with said information querier, that receives, via at least one of said different ports, a response from at least one of said target agents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.