Method for interacting messages based on simple network management protocol
View Patent ↗A method for interacting messages based on a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is disclosed by the present invention. The method includes: when receiving an SNMP message sent from an SNMP management station, an SNMP proxy estimating a suggested timeout value of the SNMP message and feeding the suggested timeout value back to the SNMP management station; and the SNMP management station waiting for a response of the above SNMP message according to the suggested timeout value. A corresponding SNMP proxy is further disclosed by the present invention. Since the method of the present invention adopts the technical measure of dynamically determining the timeout period of the management station in an interaction manner between the SNMP management station and the SNMP proxy, the drawbacks of manually setting timeout period are overcome, occurrences of timeout event are effectively reduced, and the efficiency of implementing network management using SNMP is improved.
1. A method for interacting messages based on a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which comprises:
when receiving an SNMP message sent from an SNMP management station, an SNMP proxy estimating a suggested timeout value of the SNMP message and feeding the suggested timeout value back to the SNMP management station; and,
the SNMP management station waiting for a response of the SNMP message according to the suggested timeout value;
wherein, said step of the SNMP proxy estimating the suggested timeout value of the SNMP message comprises: the SNMP proxy reading of processing time corresponding to a corresponding operation type from a processing time table of a database, and multiplying the processing time by a number of boards currently managed by the SNMP proxy to obtain the suggested timeout value.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SNMP proxy stores a timeout threshold value;
said step of the SNMP proxy estimating the suggested timeout value of the SNMP message and feeding the suggested timeout value back to the SNMP management station comprises:
after estimating and obtaining the suggested timeout value of the SNMP message, the SNMP proxy judging whether the suggested timeout value is greater than the timeout threshold value; if yes, feeding the suggested timeout value that is estimated back to the SNMP management station.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said step of the SNMP proxy estimating the suggested timeout value of the SNMP message and feeding the suggested timeout value back to the SNMP management station further comprises:
if the SNMP proxy determines that the suggested timeout value is smaller than or equal to the timeout threshold value, processing the SNMP message that has been received according to a conventional flow.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein
the timeout threshold value is set by the SNMP management station for the SNMP proxy.
5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein
the timeout threshold value is set by the SNMP management station for the SNMP proxy.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein
the timeout threshold value is a timeout value of the SNMP message preset on the SNMP management station.
7. The method according to any one of claims 2 , wherein
the SNMP proxy is provided with an enabling flag bit;
said step of the SNMP proxy estimating the suggested timeout value of the SNMP message and feeding the suggested timeout value back to the SNMP management station comprises:
when receiving the SNMP message, the SNMP proxy firstly judging whether a current value of the enabling flag bit represents an enabled state, and only if yes, the SNMP proxy estimating the suggested timeout value of the SNMP message and performing subsequent feedback.
8. The method according to claim 2 , wherein
said step of the SNMP management station waiting for the response of the SNMP message according to the suggested timeout value comprises:
the SNMP management station setting a local timeout value for waiting for the response of the SNMP message as the suggested timeout value fed back by the SNMP proxy, and waiting for the response of the SNMP message within the range of the suggested timeout value.
9. The method according to claim 8 , which further comprises:
after receiving the response of the SNMP message, the SNMP management station resetting the local timeout value as a local default timeout value.
10. The method according to any one of claims 1 , wherein
the SNMP proxy is provided with an enabling flag bit;
said step of the SNMP proxy estimating the suggested timeout value of the SNMP message and feeding the suggested timeout value back to the SNMP management station comprises:
when receiving the SNMP message, the SNMP proxy firstly judging whether a current value of the enabling flag bit represents an enabled state, and only if yes, the SNMP proxy estimating the suggested timeout value of the SNMP message and performing subsequent feedback.
11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein
the value of the enabling flag bit is set by the SNMP management station for the SNMP proxy.
12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
said step of the SNMP management station waiting for the response of the SNMP message according to the suggested timeout value comprises:
the SNMP management station setting a local timeout value for waiting for the response of the SNMP message as the suggested timeout value fed back by the SNMP proxy, and waiting for the response of the SNMP message within the range of the suggested timeout value.
13. The method according to claim 12 , which further comprises:
after receiving the response of the SNMP message, the SNMP management station resetting the local timeout value as a local default timeout value.
14. A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) proxy, which is configured to:
when receiving an SNMP message sent from an SNMP management station, estimate a suggested timeout value of the SNMP message and feed the suggested timeout value back to the SNMP management station;
wherein the SNMP proxy is further configured to: read of processing time corresponding to a corresponding operation type from a processing time table of a database, and multiply the processing time by a number of boards currently managed by the SNMP proxy to obtain the suggested timeout value.
15. The SNMP proxy according to claim 14 , wherein the SNMP proxy stores a timeout threshold value; the timeout threshold value is set by the SNMP management station for the SNMP proxy;
the SNMP proxy is configured to: estimate and obtain the suggested timeout value of the SNMP message, and then judge whether the suggested timeout value is greater than the timeout threshold value; and if yes, feed the suggested timeout value that is estimated back to the SNMP management station.
16. The SNMP proxy according to claim 15 , wherein the SNMP proxy is further configured to: process the SNMP message that has been received according to a conventional flow if the suggested timeout value is smaller than or equal to the timeout threshold value is determined.
17. The SNMP proxy according to claim 14 , wherein the SNMP proxy is provided with an enabling flag bit;
the SNMP proxy is configured to: when receiving the SNMP message, firstly judge whether a current value of the enabling flag bit represents an enabled state, and only if yes, estimate the suggested timeout value of the SNMP message and perform subsequent feedback.