Re: agentx and snmp

Hi -

> From: "vishnu varma chiluvuri" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: agentx  and snmp
> Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 11:06:03 +0000
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
...
> 2. some my friends proposing SNMP between the master agent and subagent=
 by=20
> using snmp as explained below.
> 	A) set operation: when set request reaches master agent,master 		agent=
 gets=20
> coresponding objects information from various 		subagents and stores in=
=20
> temparory memory. now master agent 		issues the set operation on subage=
nt.=20
> if subagents sends any 		error in resonse messege of set request then m=
aster=20
> agetn 		again issue set request with old values.in this way they are 		=
doing=20
> set request automacity.

Wrong.  Consider the case where the SNMP request contains variable
bindings requiring dispatch to different subagents.  If one of the
sub-requests fails, you're out of luck.

> 	 B)dynamic registration: to register with master agent , 		subagent wi=
ll=20
> issue a set request to master agent to create 		entry in the registry m=
ib we=20
> have at master agent. this 		registration mib have the all parameters=20
> required for dynamic 		registration. using like this dynamic registrati=
on=20
> can be 		acheived.
...

Why re-invent the wheel?
Furthermore, if you include subagents from other vendors
in your product, how would they know how to interact
with this MIB?

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