Re: Net SNMP Agent ( AgentX Performance)

Thanks.

Another query related to AgentX
Want kind of performance overhead can using AgentX lead to
Is it minimal ? Do we have some benhcmark

I am looking at process P1(Agentx) recieving 40-50 GET requests every 10
seconds.

TIA
Peyush.


On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Dave Shield <[email protected]>wrote:

> 2010/1/7 Peyush Kumar <[email protected]>:
> > I can do that , but in that case  P1 cannot work directly with
> > SNMP manager(one of the limitation)
>
> Why is this a problem?
> The manager will talk to "the SNMP agent" and receive
> the necessary information.   It cannot tell whether than
> SNMP agent is a single binary, or a collection of
> cooperating agents.
>   The whole point of AgentX is that it looks from outside
> as if there's a single point of contact for all management
> information.   How that information is gathered internally
> is purely a private matter.
>
>
>
> > Another rleated query:
> > Can a master agent simultaneouly work with AgentX and SNMP agents ?
>
> Yes.
>
>
> > ie If i make with P1 as AgentX and I have a 3rd party agent on SNMP on
> sane
> > machine can the "same" master be used with  both of them
>
> Yes.
>
> > if yes - how ?
>
> Use the 'proxy' directive within the master's "snmpd.conf" file to set
> up the delegation to the 3rd-party agent, for the information that it
> provides.   The AgentX subagent(s) will register with the information
> that they support, so there's no master-side configuration necessary.
>
> The master agent will take care of deciding where to direct any
> incoming requests - including passing GETNEXT requests from
> one subagent to another if necessary.
>
> Dave
>

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