+ * Returns the hardware view of the specified network node connector for the
+ * given container
+ *
+ * @param container
+ * the container for which the request is originated
+ * @param nodeConnector
+ * the target nodeConnector
+ * @param cached
+ * specify if entry has to be queried from the cached hardware
+ * information maintained in the protocol plugin or directly from
+ * the corresponding network node.
+ * @return The NodeConnectorStatistics object containing the statistics
+ * present in hardware for the corresponding network node port