Patent ID: 8458151

Claim:
A network device, comprising: a management agent; a configuration database; a storage system; at least one processor; and one or more programs being stored in the storage system and executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising: a service access interface; a configuration adapting interface; a receiving module operable to receive a requirement command from the management agent; a control module operable to control the configuration adapting interface to update configuration parameters of a service agent stored in the configuration database according to the requirement command, control the service access interface to access and update the configuration parameters of the service agent stored in the management agent if the requirement command is a write command, wherein the configuration adapting interface is operable to lock the configuration database, update the configuration parameters stored in the configuration database if data contained in the write command is persistent data, and unlock the configuration database after updating; and control the service access interface to read the configuration parameters of the service agent stored in the management agent if the requirement command is a read command.