Method and system of accessing shared resources using configurable management information bases

摘要

A method and system can be used to dynamically establish relationships between Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Object Identifiers (OIDs) and data resources with which they are associated. In one embodiment, user-friendly names may be used to identify and access the resources, so that the dynamic association between OID and resource can be achieved by a mapping mechanism that allows for dynamic association between OID and resource name. An OID-name map may be used to link a resource name to one or more OIDs. The map can be generated and modified by altering configuration files, and without having to change software, firmware or hardware. Therefore, generating a new map or modifying an existing map for a new operating environment can be performed quickly and easily.