Patent ID: 7493376
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring responses of configuration commands using a MIB-based approach, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: creating and storing a command response table comprising a plurality of command response entries, wherein the command response table is defined by a MIB on a network device; wherein the command response table stores information about errors that result from executing configuration commands for configuring the network device; receiving a configuration file that comprises one or more commands for configuring the network device; storing configuration error information into a particular command response entry of the plurality of command response entries, wherein the configuration error information describes a particular error that occurred while executing a particular command of the one or more commands; receiving a query for all configuration error information in the command response table that relates to a particular configuration operation; determining all configuration error information in the command response table that relates to a particular configuration operation; and returning, in response to the query, all the configuration error information from the command response table that relates to a particular configuration operation.