Web based management engine for network entities incorporating web page generation

摘要

Management procedures (212) and data structures (214) for a network device are combined and compiled (210) into a machine readable file (208). This file is used by the Web Page Generator and Interface (204) to create web pages for the web server (202) to deliver to a network manager and in communicating data between the web server and the simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent (206) using the predetermined data structure. The generation of the web pages within the management engine (200) obviates the need for complex to generate and inflexible web pages to be produced for each network entity. The predetermined data structures may be management information bases (MIB). The step of translating the data structures and procedures into machine readable language may include verification of the procedures with rules.