摘要 |
A method and apparatus provides network management data in a manner that can be more efficient than data provided using conventional SNMP. A requested data description is received containing the names of the data requested, and this requested data is provided. Tables are provided by providing a table name, a list of columns, and for each row in the table, the name of the row and the data for the row in the order the column names were provided. Rows may be provided in the order stored, or numerically by row name. All columns of every row of a table may be provided or just columns specified in the requested data description.
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