Timothy Lee Swanson

US Patent:

20140334344, Nov 13, 2014

Filed:

Jul 28, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/444855

Inventors:

- San Jose CA, US
Jaime Antonio Colom - Round Rock TX, US
Enid A. Jimenez - Round Rock TX, US
Agrahara Sreenivasa Kiran Koushik - Boxborough MA, US
Timothy James Swanson - Cambridge MA, US
Leon Zachery - Wayland MA, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/24
H04L 29/08

US Classification:

370254

Abstract:

A method of providing network management information about a multiple-layer network communications interface sub-stack to a network management client includes establishing a standardized network management representation by use of an interface manager and a real driver and a pseudo driver, receiving a request from the network management client for network management information about an expected sub-layer interface, and in response to the request obtaining, by the pseudo driver, data maintained by the real driver corresponding to the requested network management information, and returning the data obtained by the pseudo driver to the network management client in satisfaction of the request.