Dynamic Power Usage Management Based on Historical Traffic Pattern Data for Network Devices

A method comprising:

• creating, using a Network Management Station (NMS), a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) context, an associated SNMP context name and an associated SNMP view, the NMS being coupled to a plurality of network devices in the network;
• specifying, using the NMS and the SNMP context name, a network configuration and an order of the network devices, wherein the specified order comprises an order in which SNMP SET commands are executed on the network devices;
• acquiring, using the NMS, an exclusive lock mechanism on the network configuration, wherein the exclusive lock mechanism prevents other network configuration changes while the exclusive lock mechanism is acquired;
• issuing, using the NMS, the SNMP SET commands in the specified order such that the network configuration is validated by all of the network devices in the specified order and using the SNMP context name;
• in response to validation of the specified network configuration by all of the network devices, pushing, from the NMS and in the specified order, the network configuration to each of the network devices, wherein the pushing begins after a set time has elapsed, wherein the set time is greater than a time taken for pushing the network configuration across all of the network devices;
• performing, using the NMS and the SNMP context name, an SNMP WALK on all of the network devices to verify the implementation of the network configuration, wherein the SNMP WALK is performed within the time taken for pushing the network configuration across all of the network devices;
• and
• based on the verification of the implementation of the network configuration, destroying, using the NMS, the SNMP context.