Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Jim A Baumgartner

Peter E Mellquist

Craig A VanZante

Robert Lee Faulk, Jr

Daniel E Ford

John E Nolan

Systems, devices, and methods for traffic management are provided. An example of a method for traffic management includes receiving a number of policies for data traffic redirectionin a data networkand authorizing a subset of the number of policies based upon matching a plurality of authorization rulessaved in the data network, for example, in a management tooland/or a network device

Systems, devices, and methods for traffic management

Methods, systems, and devices are provided for device driver selection. One embodiment of a management station includes a processor, memory in communication with the processor, and program instructions stored in memory and executable on the processor. The program instructions are executable to initiate execution of a particular device function that will use a driver, select a set of drivers based upon defined device information, and call a routine in a particular driver from the selected set of drivers which executes to determine whether the particular driver is most appropriate to perform the particular device function for a particular device.

Device driver selection

A network hub responds to network problems by generating traps in conformance with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). In generating a trap, the hub includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) as a text string incorporated in the trap. The network hub incorporates a server conforming to the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) used by the World Wide Web. The server has its own home page and the URL incorporated in the trap points to a subpage of that home page. When a network management station receives the trap, the URL is displayed as a hypertext link. When the link is 'clicked', a web browser is activated and is pointed to the URL so that an HTTP 'get' command is transmitted. When the hub receives the &#x201c;get&#x201d; command, it responds by generating the requested subpage. The subpage is presented as a World Wide Web page with a full presentation of data relating to the event triggering the trap. In addition, the subpage includes active elements (hypertext links, buttons, and/or menu items) that when activated initiate a course of action to address the detection of the network problem.

Network appliance combining asynchronous notification with interactive network transfer protocol server

A network hub responds to network problems by generating traps in conformance with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). In generating a trap, the hub includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) as a text string incorporated in the trap. The network hub incorporates a server conforming to the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) used by the World Wide Web. The server has its own home page and the URL incorporated in the trap points to a subpage of that home page. When a network management station receives the trap, the URL is displayed as a hypertext link. When the link is &ldquo;clicked&rdquo;, a web browser is activated and is pointed to the URL so that an HTTP &ldquo;get&rdquo; command is transmitted. When the hub receives the &ldquo;get&rdquo; command, it responds by generating the requested subpage. The subpage is presented as a World Wide Web page with a full presentation of data relating to the event triggering the trap. In addition, the subpage includes active elements (hypertext links, buttons, and/or menu items) that when activated initiate a course of action to address the detection of the network problem.

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Roseville, CA, United States of America

Jim A Baumgartner