Web-based management engine and system

摘要

The present invention provides a Web-based management engine (200) comprising means for generating Web pages (204) based upon data relating to procedural steps (212) for management of the at least one aspect of the behaviour of the network entity and interfacing means arranged to communicate data between a Web server (202) and an SNMP agent (206) in accordance with a predetermined data structure so as to manage the at least one aspect of the behaviour of the network entity (102). Such a Web-based management engine (200) advantageously obviates the complex to generate and inflexible template Web pages of known Web-based management systems.