Patent ID: 7099931
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: H02J

Abstract:
1. A method of adding a simple network management protocol (SNMP) interface to an existing resource management extension-enabled management agent without modifying said management agent said method comprising: at runtime of said management agent, discovering attributes, actions, and events that are supported by a managed object of a device; at runtime of said management agent, reading definitions of said managed objects associated with said management agent, without re-building or recoding software management components of said manasement agent to update access to said device, wherein said managed objects publishes said definitions for said reading; and automatically generating an SNMP management information base (MIB) definition having a hierarchical node structure associated with SNMP tables at runtime which provides a SNMP representation of said management agent, said MIB incorporating SNMP object definitions of said attributes, actions, and events correlating to at least a portion of said read managed object definitions, wherein said automatically generating step does not require user assistance.