1. A method comprising: detecting, by one of a plurality of network devices, an event within a first network device of the plurality of network devices; forming, by one of the plurality of network devices, an extensible markup language (XML) header file based on the detected event; forming, by one of the plurality of network devices, XML payload files based on the XML header file, where the XML header file and the XML payload files include information related to the detected event; and transmitting, by one of the plurality of network devices, the XML header file and the XML payload files to a second network device.
6. The method of claim 1 , where the event includes a detected failure of the first network device.