Decentralized SNMP management with mobile agents

Author

Zapf, M. ; Herrmann, K. ; Geihs, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Frankfurt Univ., Germany

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

623

Lastpage

635

Abstract

The mobile agent paradigm can be employed effectively for the decentralized management of complex networks. Nevertheless, legacy management protocols such as SNMP need to be supported for reasons of migration and efficiency. We show how the integration of the two paradigms leads to a flexibly adjustable decentralized management architecture. NetDoctor is a network management application framework that allows the monitoring of hosts in a heterogeneous network. Mobile agents may query local or remote SNMP agents, process the status data, and perform certain corrective actions. The system supports run-time adjustment and reconfiguration. A quantitative analysis underlines the benefits in respect to the network load reduction

Keywords

computer network management; computerised monitoring; protocols; software agents; NetDoctor; corrective actions; decentralized SNMP management; heterogeneous network; host monitoring; legacy management protocols; mobile agents; network load reduction; quantitative analysis; querying; reconfiguration; run-time adjustment; status data; Aging; Complex networks; Computer network management; Computer science; Environmental management; Java; Mobile agents; Protocols; Remote monitoring; Scalability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Integrated Network Management, 1999. Distributed Management for the Networked Millennium. Proceedings of the Sixth IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5748-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INM.1999.770712

Filename

770712