Abstract: A method and/or a system for a generic agent in a managed network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a generic simple network management protocol (SNMP) module on a network node includes communicating with a device succeedingly coupled to the network node using a data collector module assigned to the device. The method also includes translating data passed between the device and a management module managing the device based on a simple network management protocol.

Abstract: A method and/or a system of unified management of a hardware interface framework is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of the hardware interface framework includes applying to a client interface module with a generic agent module agnostic to a change in a device coupled to the hardware interface framework and a change in a management module and communicating a management data of the management module between the client interface module and a server interface module coupled to the device using the generic agent module. The method may also include synchronously communicating a request data of the management module to collect a response data of the device and asynchronously communicating an event data of an adapter module to the management module.

Abstract: A method and/or a system of unified management of a hardware interface framework is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of the hardware interface framework includes applying to a client interface module with a generic agent module agnostic to a change in a device coupled to the hardware interface framework and a change in a management module and communicating a management data of the management module between the client interface module and a server interface module coupled to the device using the generic agent module. The method may also include synchronously communicating a request data of the management module to collect a response data of the device and asynchronously communicating an event data of an adapter module to the management module.

Abstract: A method and/or a system for a generic agent in a managed network are disclosed. In one embodiment, method of a generic simple network management protocol (SNMP) module on a network node includes communicating with a device succeedingly coupled to the network node using a data collector module assigned to the device and translating a data passed between the device and a management module managing the device based on a simple network management protocol. In another embodiment, a method of a data collector module associated with a SNMP module includes loading the data collector module based on at least an object name and a data collector module name defined in a configuration file and communicating with a device having an object matching the object name to access the object using the data collector module.