Patent ID: 7925731
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a computing device; a configuration statement configured to provide an identity to a virtual device; and an SNMP subagent configured to interface between an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent and a control program implementing the virtual device on the computing device, the SNMP subagent acquiring information extracted by the control program for the identified virtual device and providing the acquired information to the SNMP agent; the SNMP subagent being configured to translate pertinent information, create an SNMP response packet, and send the SNMP response packet to the SNMP agent, wherein the SNMP subagent acts as an extension of the SNMP agent and as an interface between the SNMP agent and the control program implementing the virtual device, and wherein the computing device creates DEVICE, LINK, START and HOME statements in a TCP/IP configuration file, wherein the HOME statement identifies the virtual device, and the HOME statement is configured to indicate that a stack is providing management services for the virtual device.