System and method for monitoring SNMP tables

Details System and method for monitoring SNMP tables System and method for monitoring SNMP tables

1993-04-05

1998-01-06

Bowler, Alyssa H.

395601, 395614, 395619, G06F 1540

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057065080

ABSTRACT:
A new system and method allows a Manager in a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) environment to gather updates from its Agents. The system and method comprise the unique provision of an index which is used in each of the Agent's tables for indicating the various revisions thereof. The index lexicographically increases with each revision to the table. The Manager maintains a record of the index of the data which it has received from its Agents, requesting only that data having a lexicographically larger indexing. Further, the index is used in related tables so that the tables will be kept in "sync" in that the Manager will know whether it has the latest updates so that an accurate picture may be portrayed.

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