Patent ID: 8032540

Claim:
A computer implemented method comprising: accessing a description file stored in a memory that includes information corresponding to one or more user interface fields wherein the description file includes information written in a markup language, on how to display a user interface; generating a user interface based on the description file, wherein the user interface includes the one or more user interface fields that are mapped to a management information base (MIB) name in the description file that is mapped to an object identifier for identifying a value corresponding to a user interface field, wherein the description file includes a mapping between the user interface fields and management information base fields; receiving values for the one or more user interface fields wherein a modification of the user interface is effected to include the one or more user interface fields in addition to interface fields that existed in the interface prior to the inclusion of the one or more interface fields independently of a change in source code; and storing the values in a management information base in accordance with the mapping between the user interface fields and the management information base fields.