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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Barry Fruchtman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael Allen Kaczmarski, Tucson, AZ (US);
Donald Paul Warren, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method, embodiable in computer readable program code in a network resource, for dynamically changing a network protocol management information base (MIB) module, the protocol requiring predetermined fixed fields in the MIB module. The method comprises inserting a variable in one of the predetermined fixed fields in the MIB module, and providing a first path for dynamically setting a reference to a script which substitutes for the variable, the referenced script defining a user option for operating the network resource. The referenced script operation may sense a value related to the network resource. A second path is provided to the script reference, whereby a query on the second path activates the script operation to provide the value at the MIB, and the provided value is delivered on the second path. The referenced script operation may additionally comprise conducting an operation of the network resource, and the value relates to the operation of the network resource. The second path provided to the script reference allows a query on the second path to activate the script operation and to provide the value at the MIB.