15. Advanced Agent Topics

15 Advanced Agent Topics

The chapter Advanced Agent Topics describes the more advanced agent related features of the SNMP development tool. The following topics are covered:

• When to use a Sub-agent
• Agent semantics
• Sub-agents and dependencies
• Distributed tables
• Fault tolerance
• Using Mnesia tables as SNMP tables
• Audit Trail Logging
• Deviations from the standard

15.1 When to use a Sub-agent

The section When to use a Sub-agent describes situations where the mechanism of loading and unloading MIBs is insufficient. In these cases a sub-agent is needed.

Special Set Transaction Mechanism

Each sub-agent can implement its own mechanisms for set, get and get-next. For example, if the application requires the get登录查看完整内容