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Patent
H - Electricity
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H04L 12/24 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2307894
A method and apparatus are disclosed for remotely managing network elements in a distributed computing system. The distributed computing system utilizes a software entity, such as an operating system, to manage the location of, and communication with, distributed resources in the distributed computing system. A network manager and/or SNMP agents can interact with distributed elements to obtain desired management information independent of the location of the distributed elements. Thus, master agents can communicate with managed network nodes without adhering to the intricate requirements of the SMUX or DPI protocols. SNMP MIBs are implemented as hierarchical file systems, comprised of a tree of file-like objects, that may be accessed through a namespace. The SNMP MIB namespace allows the network manager, master agent and SNMP agents to access each resource, including SNMP MIBs, in a uniform, file-oriented manner. The SNMP MIB namespace of each network node managed by a master agent can be mounted into the namespace of the master agent to create a distributed MIB namespace. The MIB of each managed node is mounted to the MIB namespace of the master agent and appropriate connections through the distributed network are established by the operating system or another software entity.
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
Lucent Technologies Inc.
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