Patent ID: 8683492

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, from a requester that does not have a correct value for a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) management information base (MIB) object of a managed device and the requester is unable to read and write the SNMP MIB object directly, and unable to obtain MIB object specification information, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) GET request identifying the 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 match the correct value stored in the SNMP MIB object; determining whether any of the values match the correct value stored in the SNMP MIB object; completing execution of the SNMP GET request by: transmitting a notification message indicating whether any of the values match the correct value of the SNMP MIB object, wherein the notification message does not provide any indication of which proposed value is the correct value.