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SNMP master agent that translates messages to a sub-agent proprietary format using a translation table by the sub-agent

  • US 6,519,635 B1
  • Filed: 04/30/1998
  • Issued: 02/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a system comprising a master agent communicating with a manager using a standard simple network management protocol (SNMP) format and a sub-agent communicating with an associated managed object using a sub-agent proprietary format different from the SNMP format, a method comprising:

  • receiving a communication at the master agent from the manager in the SNMP format; and

    translating the communication at the master agent on behalf of the sub-agent from the SNMP format to the sub-agent proprietary format, the translating is performed by the master agent by accessing a translation table provided by the sub-agent.

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