Managing a network element operating on a network
View Patent ↗Disclosed are an apparatus and method of managing network elements operating on a network. One example method may include transmitting a request to receive at least one activity parameter of a network element operating on the network and monitoring the at least one activity parameter of the network element. The method may include determining whether a usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold usage value and transmitting a corrective function message to the network element responsive to determining that the usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold value. The method may further include performing a corrective function to reduce the usage value of the at least one activity parameter.
1. A method of managing network elements operating on a network, the method comprising:
transmitting a request to receive at least one activity parameter of a network element operating on the network;
monitoring the at least one activity parameter of the network element;
determining whether a usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold usage value;
wherein the monitoring is performed via a simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent application operating on the network element;
wherein the determining is performed by detecting via the SNMP agent that the predetermined threshold usage value has been exceeded;
initiating a corrective function via the SNMP agent locally on the network element, without first having a SNMP server initiate the corrective action; and
transmitting results of the corrective function to the SNMP server.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring of the at least one activity parameter of the network element operating on a network is performed via a simple network management protocol (SNMP) monitoring function.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one activity parameter is a random access memory (RAM) usage, a central processor utilization (CPU) usage, a number of applications being operated, and an amount of network traffic being processed.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network element is at least one of a network computer, a network printer and a network router.
5. An apparatus configured to manage network elements operating on a network, the apparatus comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit a request to receive at least one activity parameter of a network element operating on the network; and
a processor configured to:
monitor the at least one activity parameter of the network element,
determine whether a usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold usage value, and
wherein the at least one activity parameter is monitored via a simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent application operating on the network element;
wherein the usage value of the at least one activity parameter is determined to exceed a predetermined threshold usage value by detecting via the SNMP agent that the predetermined threshold usage value has been exceeded, and initiate a corrective function via the SNMP agent locally on the network element, without first having a SNMP server initiate the corrective action; and
wherein the SNMP agent is further configured to transmit results of the corrective function to the SNMP server.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one activity parameter of the network element operating on the network is monitored via a simple network management protocol (SNMP) monitoring function.
7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one activity parameter is a random access memory (RAM) usage, a central processor utilization (CPU) usage, a number of applications being operated, and an amount of network traffic being processed.
8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the network element is at least one of a network computer, a network printer and a network router.
9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform managing network elements operating on a network, the processor being further configured to perform:
transmitting a request to receive at least one activity parameter of a network element operating on the network;
monitoring the at least one activity parameter of the network element;
determining whether a usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold usage value;
wherein the monitoring is performed via a simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent application operating on the network element;
wherein the determining is performed by detecting via the SNMP agent that the predetermined threshold usage value has been exceeded;
initiating a corrective function via the SNMP agent locally on the network element, without first having a SNMP server initiate the corrective action; and
transmitting results of the corrective function to the SNMP server.
10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the monitoring of the at least one activity parameter of the network element operating on a network is performed via a simple network management protocol (SNMP) monitoring function.
11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the at least one activity parameter is a random access memory (RAM) usage, a central processor utilization (CPU) usage, a number of applications being operated, and an amount of network traffic being processed.
12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the network element is at least one of a network computer, a network printer and a network router.