On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 12:13 +0530, Ravi Kumar wrote:
Hi All,
Could any one plz give me an example in which we need a separate snmp
sub-agent.
I have an snmp agent snmpd why do i need to write and extra sub-agent
module.
We can write plug-ins for agent itself to add more mib functionalies
On 8 September 2010 07:43, Ravi Kumar mynets...@gmail.com wrote:
Could any one plz give me an example in which we need a separate snmp
sub-agent.
Need - probably never.
Could be useful - very easily.
Consider a routing agent, running on a gateway box.
This will inherently contain all the
Hi All,
Could any one plz give me an example in which we need a separate snmp
sub-agent.
I have an snmp agent snmpd why do i need to write and extra sub-agent module.
We can write plug-ins for agent itself to add more mib functionalies in it.
Regards,
Ravi
You are right about the plug-ins. Following the example in the wiki, I
was able to compile the snmpd agent and have it respond to a custom
mib-node entry.
The idea of snmp sub-agents comes from the SNMP protocol itself, I
believe. You need those extra sub-agents on a system to respond to
