Integrating SNMP agents and CLI with NETCONF-based network management systems

With the development of Internet, the efficient network management of heterogeneous network devices from different vendors becomes more and more difficult. The Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) is presented as a new solution. But it can't be widely used in current networks soon because most devices are based on Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Command Line Interface (CLI). Therefore this paper gives an approach that how to integrate SNMP and CLI with NETCONF-based network management systems to be compatible with nowadays network devices. We will focus on the conversion of data model between two different data modeling languages and mapping of messages in NETCONF/SNMP gateway and NETCONF/CLI gateway. The NETCONF manager can communicate with non-NETCONF devices by the implementation of proposed architecture.