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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2002
Senichi Mokuya, Suwa, JP;
Shinji Ehara, Beppu, JP;
Hozumi Mori, Beppu, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Since an MIB file present in a network device and having the structure of MIB data is expressed in the ASN1 format, the MIB file is not flexibly modified by a user. A management-information database-structure definition file converter unitconverts MIB files. . . having the MIB data structures of MIB databases, . . . mounted on the network devices, . . . into files in a tag-structured format. Specifically, the management-information database-structure definition file converter unitconverts MIB files, . . . into MIB files. . . in a tag-structured format (XML format). Using the MIB files, . . . in the XML format, a network device management toolmanages the MIB databases. . . of the respective network devices