Patent ID: 6697845
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a network management system for managing a node including a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) master agent and at least one SNMP peer agent, wherein said master agent is operable with the Agent Extensibility (AgentX) protocol and said peer agent is operable with the SNMP, a method of effectuating management communication between said master agent and said peer agent via a proxy subagent (PSA), comprising the steps of:registering, by said PSA at said master agent, a predefined portion of a Management Information Base (MIB) associated with said managed node; determining if said predefined portion of said MIB is supported by said peer agent, and if the determination is in the positive; receiving by said PSA a plurality of AgentX packets from said master agent, said plurality of AgentX packets relating to a request by said master agent directed towards accessing said predefined portion of said MIB; re-assembling said AgentX packets by said PSA into a plurality of SNMP packets; forwarding said plurality of said SNMP packets by said PSA to said peer agent; responsive to said SNMP packets received from said PSA, operating by said peer agent with respect to said predefined portion of said MIB and generating an SNMP response message; receiving by said PSA said SNMP response message from said peer agent; re-assembling said SNMP response message by said PSA into a plurality of AgentX response packets; and forwarding said plurality of AgentX response packets to said master agent.