Title :
Using multicast-SNMP to coordinate distributed management agents
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
This paper presents a mechanism that allows one to implement coordination primitives for cooperating management agents based on the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The multicast extensions presented in this paper allow one to maintain group information of cooperating SNMP agents. We also show how an election algorithm can be implemented by multicasting SNMP messages. Election algorithms can be seen as a base functionality for the implementation of fully distributed management applications
Keywords :
access protocols; computer network management; cooperative systems; network operating systems; software agents; SNMP message multicasting; Simple Network Management Protocol; cooperating management agents; coordination primitives; distributed management agents coordination; election algorithm; group information maintenance; management by delegation; multicast-SNMP; Computer network management; Computer science; Distributed control; Energy management; IP networks; Multicast algorithms; Network topology; Nominations and elections; Peer to peer computing; Standardization;
Conference_Titel :
Systems Management, 1996., Proceedings of Second IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7442-3
DOI :
10.1109/IWSM.1996.534156
