Method and apparatus for determining trap/event information via intelligent device trap/event registration and processing

摘要

Methods and systems are disclosed comprising a trap/event registration mechanism wherein a management system in a device network registers each trap/event type on a separate unique listener port. Each unique port number has intelligent binding of the kind of trap/event that can be received thereat. Each trap/event type is tightly bound to the special unique listener port so that the management system will know by virtue of receiving the trap/event at the unique port what kind of trap/event occurred on the device.

主权项

1. A method for communicating trap/event signals from a device/agent/printer to a network management system including:
registering a plurality of management system listener ports within the network management system to particular trap/event types, respectively, wherein a unique one of the listener ports is bound to the trap/event type; upon occurrence of a bound trap/event type at the device/agent/printer, communicating a signal representative of the trap/event type to a corresponding bound management system listener port by the device/agent/printer; and, identifying the communicated signal as indicative of the trap/event type occurring at the device/agent/printer by the receipt of the signal at the bound management system listener port.