diff --git a/protocols/snmp/api/BUCK b/protocols/snmp/api/BUCK
index 067c6ea..897a0ac 100644
--- a/protocols/snmp/api/BUCK
+++ b/protocols/snmp/api/BUCK
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 COMPILE_DEPS = [
     '//lib:CORE_DEPS',
+    '//lib:JACKSON',
     '//incubator/api:onos-incubator-api',
     '//lib:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.snmp4j',
     '//lib:snmp-core',
diff --git a/protocols/snmp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/snmp/SnmpController.java b/protocols/snmp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/snmp/SnmpController.java
index 0369fc2..4868ea0 100644
--- a/protocols/snmp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/snmp/SnmpController.java
+++ b/protocols/snmp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/snmp/SnmpController.java
@@ -17,15 +17,19 @@
 package org.onosproject.snmp;
 
 import com.btisystems.pronx.ems.core.snmp.ISnmpSession;
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
 import org.onosproject.incubator.net.faultmanagement.alarm.DefaultAlarm;
 import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 /**
  * Snmp Controller.
  */
+@Beta
 public interface SnmpController {
 
     /**
@@ -42,6 +46,14 @@
     SnmpDevice getDevice(DeviceId deviceId);
 
     /**
+     * Gets a device for a specific host address.
+     *
+     * @param uri URI of the device
+     * @return SnmpDevice for given deviceId
+     */
+    SnmpDevice getDevice(URI uri);
+
+    /**
      * Removes a specific device.
      * @param deviceId device id of the device to be removed
      */
@@ -50,9 +62,18 @@
     /**
      * Add a device with a specific DeviceId.
      * @param deviceId deviceId of the device
+     * @param device   device to add to this controller
+     * @deprecated 1.10.0 moved to single parameter method with boolean return
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    void addDevice(DeviceId deviceId, SnmpDevice device);
+
+    /**
+     * Add a snmp device.
+     *
      * @param device device to add to this controller
      */
-    void addDevice(DeviceId deviceId, SnmpDevice device);
+    void addDevice(SnmpDevice device);
 
     /**
      * Gets an Instance of ISnmpSession for a specific device.
@@ -60,7 +81,9 @@
      * @param deviceId device to retrieve the session for.
      * @return ISnmp session.
      * @throws IOException if the session can't be established.
+     * @deprecated 1.14.0 moved to snmp4j
      */
+    @Deprecated
     ISnmpSession getSession(DeviceId deviceId) throws IOException;
 
     /**
@@ -70,4 +93,6 @@
      * @return default alarm error
      */
     DefaultAlarm buildWalkFailedAlarm(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+
 }
diff --git a/protocols/snmp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/snmp/SnmpDevice.java b/protocols/snmp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/snmp/SnmpDevice.java
index bd7b3c4..587e2b1 100644
--- a/protocols/snmp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/snmp/SnmpDevice.java
+++ b/protocols/snmp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/snmp/SnmpDevice.java
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
 
 package org.onosproject.snmp;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
 import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.snmp4j.Snmp;
 
 /**
  * Abstraction a default Snmp Device.
  */
+@Beta
 public interface SnmpDevice {
 
     /**
@@ -31,6 +34,13 @@
     String deviceInfo();
 
     /**
+     * Returns an Snmp session context for this device.
+     *
+     * @return snmp session
+     */
+    Snmp getSession();
+
+    /**
      * Terminates the device connection.
      */
     void disconnect();
@@ -57,6 +67,13 @@
     int getSnmpPort();
 
     /**
+     * Returns the notification port for asynchronous messages from the device.
+     *
+     * @return notification port
+     */
+    int getNotificationPort();
+
+    /**
      * Retrieves the username of the device.
      *
      * @return username
@@ -71,6 +88,20 @@
     String getCommunity();
 
     /**
+     * Returns the protocol of the device.
+     *
+     * @return protocol
+     */
+    String getProtocol();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the notification protocol of the device.
+     *
+     * @return notification protocol
+     */
+    String getNotificationProtocol();
+
+    /**
      * Return the SNMP device deviceID.
      *
      * @return DeviceId
diff --git a/protocols/snmp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/snmp/SnmpDeviceConfig.java b/protocols/snmp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/snmp/SnmpDeviceConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b39180a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/snmp/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/snmp/SnmpDeviceConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.snmp;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.Config;
+
+/**
+ * Configuration to push devices to the SNMP provider.
+ */
+@Beta
+public class SnmpDeviceConfig extends Config<DeviceId> {
+
+    private static final String PROTOCOL = "protocol";
+    private static final String NOTIFICATION_PROTOCOL = "notificationProtocol";
+    private static final String IP = "ip";
+    private static final String PORT = "port";
+    private static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 161;
+    private static final String NOTIFICATION_PORT = "notificationPort";
+    private static final String USERNAME = "username";
+    private static final String PASSWORD = "password";
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid() {
+        return hasOnlyFields(IP, PORT, USERNAME, PASSWORD) &&
+                ip() != null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the protocol of the SNMP device.
+     *
+     * @return protocol
+     */
+    public String protocol() {
+        return get(PROTOCOL, "udp");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the notification protocol of the SNMP device.
+     *
+     * @return notification protocol
+     */
+    public String notificationProtocol() {
+        return get(NOTIFICATION_PROTOCOL, "udp");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the Ip of the SNMP device.
+     *
+     * @return ip
+     */
+    public IpAddress ip() {
+        return IpAddress.valueOf(get(IP, extractIpPort().getKey()));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the port of the SNMP device.
+     *
+     * @return port
+     */
+    public int port() {
+        return get(PORT, extractIpPort().getValue());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the notification port of the SNMP device.
+     *
+     * @return notification port
+     */
+    public int notificationPort() {
+        return get(NOTIFICATION_PORT, 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the username of the SNMP device.
+     *
+     * @return username
+     */
+    public String username() {
+        return get(USERNAME, "");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the password of the SNMP device.
+     *
+     * @return password
+     */
+    public String password() {
+        return get(PASSWORD, "");
+    }
+
+
+    private Pair<String, Integer> extractIpPort() {
+        String info = subject.uri().getSchemeSpecificPart();
+        int portSeparator = info.lastIndexOf(':');
+        if (portSeparator == -1) {
+            return Pair.of(info, DEFAULT_PORT);
+        }
+
+        String ip = info.substring(0, portSeparator);
+        int port = Integer.parseInt(info.substring(portSeparator + 1));
+        return Pair.of(ip, port);
+    }
+}