1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a target device on a computer network, a request for discoverable information from said target device; generating, from a management information database stored in a memory accessible to said target device, a list of identifiers associated with objects that provide said discoverable information; sending said object identifier list from said target device to a remote device on said computer network; receiving, at said target device, a request for non-discoverable information from said target device; adding to said management information database, an object relating to said non-discoverable information and an identifier associated with said non-discoverable information related object; and sending an identifier associated with said non-discoverable information associated object from said target device management information database to a remote device on said computer network.