Adaptive asset information collection and storage

摘要

A network management device which registers for any state change notifications from the devices in the network. The network management device updates its status and values of the devices associated with each state change notification by querying the device. In this manner the management device can make a more timely update for a particular device and need not keep querying devices that have not changed, thus eliminating many unnecessary transactions. In certain embodiments polling is still performed. As a result, the management device is both more current in its displayed data and has fewer network transactions.

主权项

1. A method for managing a network of devices, the method comprising:
storing, by a management device, a state change indication that a state change may have occurred for a device other than the management device in the network based on received state change notifications about that device from devices in the network; determining, by the management device, if a system log entry received from another device in the network is a state change entry for the other device providing the system log entry and if so, storing a state change indication that a state change may have occurred for the other device providing the system log entry; determining, by the management device, if any stored state change indications are present for other devices in the network; and collecting, by the management device and responsive to determining if any stored state change indications are present, information from the other devices having stored state change indications.