Patent · US Active

System and method for providing SNMP data for virtual networking devices

US7925731B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Tracy J. Adams · Endicott, US
Mary Ellen Carollo · Ithaca, US
Susan M. Farrell · Binghamton, US
Joseph Michael Hust · Glen Aubrey, US
Angelo Macchiano · Apalachin, US
Dennis R. Musselwhite · Hallstead, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 13, 2006
Grant date	Apr 12, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L41/40
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method of managing networks and, more particularly, to a system and method for interfacing with virtual networking devices using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). A system comprises a configuration statement configured to provide an identity to a virtual device. An SNMP subagent is configured to interface between an SNMP agent and a control program of the virtual device. The SNMP subagent acquires information extracted by the control program for the identified virtual device and provides the acquired information to the SNMP agent to be returned to the SNMP client.

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