Patent ID: 7233986

Claim:
A method in a network element comprising: collecting a first set of management information base (MIB) data by a first processing circuit in a framer into a framer's memory, the first processing circuit to perform framing operations; maintaining by a second processing circuit a second set of MIB data that is periodically updated with the first set of MIB data by the second processing circuit, wherein the second set of MIB data is maintained separately from the first set of MIB data, and the second processing circuit is separate from the first processing circuit; and in response to a request for the MIB data, transmitting the second set of MIB data by the second processing circuit, and wherein the first set of MIB data is maintained by the first processing circuit of the framer while the second set of MIB data is maintained by the second processing circuit, the second processing circuit being a field programmable gate array.