System and method for providing SNMP data for virtual networking devices

A method for deploying an application for managing a virtual device, comprising:

• providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
• request information from a control program about a virtual device implemented by that control program;
• extract information about the virtual device obtained by the control program;
• translate, via an SNMP subagent, pertinent information;
• and
• create, via the SNMP subagent, an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) response packet with the pertinent information and send the SNMP response packet to an SNMP agent,
• wherein the providing is initiated when an MIB request is received and builds an MIB response, and
• wherein the computer infrastructure creates DEVICE, LINK, START and HOME statements in a TCP/IP configuration file, wherein the HOME statement identifies the virtual device, and the HOME statement is configured to indicate that a stack is providing management services for the virtual device.

A method for deploying an application for managing a virtual device, comprising:

• providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
• request information from a control program about a virtual device implemented by that control program;
• extract information about the virtual device obtained by the control program;
• and
• create an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) response packet with pertinent information and send the SNMP response packet to an SNMP agent,
• wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to create DEVICE, LINK, START and HOME statements in a TCP/IP configuration file, wherein the HOME statement identifies the virtual device, and
• wherein the HOME statement is configured to indicate that a stack is providing management services for the virtual device.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer program product includes at least one component to:

• request information from a control program of an identified virtual device;
• extract information about the identified virtual device obtained by the control program;
• translate, via an SNMP subagent, pertinent information;
• and
• create, via the SNMP subagent, an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) response packet with the pertinent information and send the SNMP response packet to an SNMP agent;
• and
• utilize an SNMP subagent to act as an extension of the SNMP agent and as an interface between the SNMP agent and the control program implementing the identified virtual device,
• wherein the computer program product includes at least one component to create DEVICE, LINK, START and HOME statements in a TCP/IP configuration file, wherein the HOME statement identifies the virtual device, and the HOME statement is configured to indicate that a stack is providing management services for the virtual device.