Patent ID: 6810040
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
An apparatus for retrieving configuration information from a network device coupled to the apparatus, the apparatus comprising:a configuration parameter storage having a configuration parameter storage input for receiving the configuration information, the configuration parameter storage for storing the configuration information and providing the configuration information at a configuration parameter storage output; a request generator for generating and providing to a request generator output a request for configuration information; a network protocol adapter having a network protocol adapter input coupled to the request generator output for receiving the request for configuration information from the request generator and providing, at an a network protocol adapter input/output coupled to the network device, a message responsive to the request for configuration information received from the request generator, and for receiving at the network protocol adapter input/output a message from the network device and generating and providing at a network protocol adapter output a message comprising the configuration information responsive to the message from the network device received at the network protocol adapter input/output; and a response receiver comprising a response receiver input coupled to the network protocol adapter output for receiving the configuration information and providing, at a first response receiver output coupled to the configuration parameter storage input, the configuration information received at the response receiver input, a response receiver interruption input operatively coupled to receive an interruption indicator signal that indicates an interruption in transmission to the network device, and a deleter having a deleter input coupled to the response receiver interruption input and a deleter output coupled to the configuration storage parameter input, the deleter being configured to cause, in response to receiving the interruption indicator signal at the deleter input, the selective deletion at least a portion of the configuration information stored in the configuration parameter storage.