Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) creating, at a network device, a relationship management information base that facilitates querying relationships of objects stored in at least one other management information base on the network device, (2) loading, into the relationship management information base, a partition that defines at least one relationship between a plurality of objects stored in the other management information base on the network device, (3) receiving, at the network device, a query directed to the relationship management information base from a network management system, and then in response to the query directed to the relationship management information base (4) obtaining the objects whose relationship is defined by the partition from the other management information base and (5) providing the objects obtained from the other management information base to the network management system to satisfy the query.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include (1) a storage device that stores a port list definition as a bitmap that identifies port numbers of network socket ports and (2) a physical processor that (A) formats the port list definition such that the bitmap includes (I) a first set of indices that each represent an offset of one or more network socket ports and (II) a second set of indices that are each paired to an index within the first set of indices and each correspond to port numbers of the network socket ports and whose values are calculated based on the offset of the paired index and (B) forwards at least one packet from the network device to a remote device using at least one of the network socket ports whose port numbers are identified in the bitmap. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.