Compatibility processing method and management station

Abstract

The invention discloses a compatibility processing method and a management station. The method comprises the steps that: the management station sends a request message to a simple network management protocol proxy of a management node according to a received simple network management protocol operating request, wherein the request message is used for requesting a flag bit which is used for marking the supporting condition of the version of the management node to a management information base; and according to the flag bit returned by the simple network management protocol proxy, the management station judges whether the version of the management node supports the management information base and implements compatibility processing according to the judgment result. Through the compatibility processing method, the supporting condition of SNMP Agent of the versions of the management node to MIB-changed compatibility processing points in the management information base MIB can be obtained quite vividly, and the compatibility of the management nodes of different versions operating in the same network can be achieved effectively.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the communication field, in particular, to a compatibility processing method and a management station. Background technique [0002] The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP for short) is the most widely used network management protocol at present and has become a standard for network management. Almost all network equipment manufacturers have implemented support for SNMP. figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the SNMP network management model according to related technologies, such as figure 2 As shown, the SNMP network management model consists of the following four parts: [0003] (1) Management Station (Management Station): run specialized network management software, use management protocols to communicate with SNMP agents on management nodes, and maintain management information databases. [0004] (2) Management Protocol (Management Protocol): The management protocol is used by the management station to que...

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[0009] In view of the related art, when the management node version changes more frequently, it is difficult to judge the support degree of each version to the management information base MIB, and the problem of intuition and convenience is not enough in actual use, so the present invention is proposed. For this reason, the main purpose of the present invention It is to provide an improved compatibility processing scheme to solve the above problems

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