A system for setting expressions at an agent including a processor configured to receive a SNMP message from a management station specifying objects for notifications supported by the agent and expressions based on the objects, set expressions for the notification, evaluate expressions when the notification containing the expression is generated, and send the notification to the management station.
RELATED APPLICATION
This patent application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/746,558, filed Dec. 21, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,757,901 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
A method for generating notification based expressions includes identifying notifications supported by an agent and specifying objects for at least one of the notifications. One or more expressions are defined based on objects specified for the notification. The method further includes sending a list of objects and expressions to the agent to configure the notifications received at a management station upon occurrence of an event at the agent.
