Patent ID: 7664848

Claim:
A system for monitoring status of a network, comprising: one or more monitored devices interconnected through a network, the one or more monitored networked devices configured to transmit status information; at least a first monitored networked device of the one or more monitored networked devices that includes an RSS-compliant module configured to: obtain status information of the first monitored networked device; and format the status information of the first monitored networked device in accordance with RSS standards, wherein the first monitored networked device is configured to transmit the RSS formatted status information; at least a second monitored networked device of the one or more monitored networked devices that does not include the RSS-compliant module, wherein the second monitored networked device is configured to transmit status information that is not formatted in accordance with RSS standards; and an aggregation mechanism communicatively coupled to the one or more monitored networked devices via the network, the aggregation mechanism configured to: receive the RSS formatted status information transmitted and formatted by the first monitored networked device; determine whether each of the one or more monitored networked devices includes an RSS-compliant module that obtains status information of the monitored networked devices and formats the status information in accordance with RSS standards; in response to a determination that the second monitored networked device does not include the RSS-compliant module, the aggregation mechanism further configured to: initiate a request to the second monitored networked device for the non-RSS formatted status information via a network monitoring protocol, receive, from the second monitored networked device, a response to the network monitoring protocol request that provides the non-RSS formatted status information in a format consistent with the network monitoring protocol, and format the received non-RSS formatted status information of the second monitored networked device in accordance with RSS standards; and store the RSS formatted status information associated with the first monitored networked device that is formatted by and received from the first monitored networked device and the RSS formatted status information associated with the second monitored networked device that is formatted by the aggregation mechanism.