Patent ID: 8825825
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: maintaining, by a master device of a distributed device architecture comprising one or more member devices in addition to the master device, a management information base (MIB) for the distributed device architecture, including for the master device and for the member devices, where the MIB is an only MIB of the distributed device architecture, such that none of the member devices includes a MIB; receiving a simple network management protocol (SNMP) request from a managing device by an SNMP agent of the master device; after receiving the SNMP request, determining by the master device whether the SNMP request pertains to a given member device of the member devices or whether the SNMP request pertains to the master device; in response to determining that the SNMP request pertains to the given member device, determining by the master device whether the SNMP request requires involvement of the given member device to fulfill the SNMP request or whether the SNMP request does not require involvement of the given member device to fulfill the SNMP request; in response to determining that the SNMP request requires involvement of the given member device to fulfill the SNMP request, generating by the master device a non-SNMP request corresponding to the SNMP request, and then transmitting the non-SNMP request from the master device to the given member device; receiving the non-SNMP request by a non-SNMP agent of the given member device; in response to receiving the non-SNMP request by the non-SNMP agent of the given member device from the master device, wherein the SNMP agent of the master device is an only SNMP agent of the distributed device architecture, such that none of the member devices include an SNMP agent.