Patent ID: 8719319
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network monitoring system for monitoring a remote network device, the network monitoring system comprising: at least one management information base (MIB) file; at least one device definition file separate and distinct from the at least one MIB file, the at least one device definition file including simple network management protocol (SNMP) query instructions based upon information included within the at least one MIB file, the information being descriptive of the remote network device, the SNMP query instructions including at least one instruction for accessing supplemental data in the at least one device definition file, the supplemental data including at least one description for display in a user interface and at least one value for interpreting data received from the remote network device, the at least one description and the at least one value being associated with at least one object identification within the information; and a processor subsystem configured to implement: