A Java-based SNMP agent for dynamic MIBs

Author

John, Ajita ; Vanderveen, Keith ; Sugla, Binay

Author_Institution

Bell Lab., Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

396

Abstract

SNMP agents, which are used to manage elements of IP networks, do not adequately support upgrades to management data stored in management information bases (MIBs). Upgrades are necessary both when new capabilities may be needed and when changes to a managed element, such as an OS upgrade, require a change to the agent. A new agent design, eXtensible Network and Application Management Instrumentation (XNAMI), makes it easy to change MIBs at run time. New variables can be added or deleted from a MIB and new instrumentation can be added for an existing variable. XNAMI complies with both Web standards (including XML) and SNMP

Keywords

Internet; Java; computer network management; information resources; network operating systems; object-oriented databases; search engines; telecommunication computing; telecommunication standards; transport protocols; IP; IP network management; Internet protocol; Java-based SNMP agent; OS upgrade; SNMP; Web server; Web standards; XML; agent design; dynamic MIB; extensible network and application management instrumentation; management data upgrade; management information bases; Application software; Data structures; IP networks; Information management; Instruments; Java; Network servers; Protocols; Technology management; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1999. GLOBECOM '99

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeireo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5796-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1999.831670

Filename

831670