com.hp.sdn.model

Interface Device

All Superinterfaces:

Model, NetworkElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDevice, SerialDevice

public interface Device
extends NetworkElement

Device is a network infrastructure entity, e.g. Switch, Router, Access Point, Firewall. It is capable of processing and forwarding network packets. It has a set of Interfaces.

Author:

Thomas Vachuska, Uyen Chau, Simon Hunt

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.hp.sdn.model.NetworkElement

NetworkElement.Type

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DataPathId	dpid() Returns the data path id for this device or null if the device is not an OpenFlow datapath.
DeviceId	id() Returns the device ID for this device.
DeviceInfo	info() Set of information accrued about the device through the use of device drivers.
boolean	isOnline() Indicates whether the device is presently online.
Set<URI>	managementURIs() Set of URIs that can be used to communicate with the device via device drivers.
Device	realizedBy() Optional reference to a device that is used to realize this one.

Methods inherited from interface com.hp.sdn.model.NetworkElement

name, type

Methods inherited from interface com.hp.sdn.model.Model

supplierId

Method Detail

id

DeviceId id()

Returns the device ID for this device.

Specified by:

id in interface NetworkElement

Returns:

device ID

info

DeviceInfo info()

Set of information accrued about the device through the use of device drivers.

Returns:

DeviceInfo containing information about the device

isOnline

boolean isOnline()

Indicates whether the device is presently online.

Returns:

true if online

managementURIs

Set<URI> managementURIs()

Set of URIs that can be used to communicate with the device via device drivers.

snmp://12312313/ of://dpid/

Returns:

set of URIs

dpid

DataPathId dpid()

Returns the data path id for this device or null if the device is not an OpenFlow datapath.

Returns:

device dpid

realizedBy

Device realizedBy()

Optional reference to a device that is used to realize this one.

Returns:

underlying device descriptor; null if none