Patent ID: 7779420

Claim:
A method for verifying information on a managed device, comprising: receiving, from a requester that stores an incorrect attribute value for an SNMP MIB object and that is unable to read and write the SNMP MIB object directly, and unable to obtain MIB object specification information, and that does not have a correct value for the SNMP MIB object, a SNMP GET request identifying an SNMP MIB object and also containing a plurality of non-null values comprising proposals for a correct value of the SNMP MIB object, wherein the SNMP GET request requests a determination as to whether any of the values matches the correct value stored in the SNMP MIB object of the managed device; and determining whether any of the values matches the correct value stored in the SNMP MIB object; and completing execution of the SNMP GET request by: transmitting a notification message indicating whether any of the values matches the correct value of the SNMP MIB object and without providing the correct value in response to the SNMP GET request; wherein the notification message identifies an index position, within the plurality of non-null values identified by the SNMP GET request, of the correct value stored in the SNMP MIB object.