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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1998
Michael Champlin, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Carroll, Saratoga, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A simple network management protocol (SNMP) manager communicates with an SNMP master agent using an SNMP data unit (PDU). The PDU includes identification data identifying a particular sub-agent and an SNMP command for an associated managed object. The master agent translates the PDU from the SNMP format into a proprietary database record format used by the sub-agent. The master agent translates the SNMP PDU into the proprietary database record format using a translation table provided by the sub-agent. Messages also flow from the sub-agent to the SNMP manager. The master agent translates these messages from the proprietary database record format into an SNMP PDU using the translation table.