AgentX++ - AgentX For AGENT++

The Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol allows independently developed sub-agents to communicate with a master agent running on an internet device.

AgentX++ adds AgentX support for master and sub-agents to any AGENT++ SNMP agent. AgentX++ supports UNIX domain socket and TCP socket connections and includes a full implementation of the AgentX MIB.

AgentX++ needs multi-threading beeing enabled in AGENT++ for AgentX master agents. The supported platforms include Linux, Solaris, HPUX 11, and Windows NT/2000/XP
(only TCP).

In order to add AgentX support to your AGENT++ agent only a few lines of code have to be changed. The necessary changes are shown in a AgentX master agent
example and a AgentX sub-agent example.

AgentX++ implements all features of the AgentX protocol, including but not limited to the following:

UNIX domain socket connections on UNIX systems
TCP connections on UNIX and Windows NT
Non-default contexts
Shared tables, including INDEX allocation
Uses AgentX GETBULK
AgentX request timeout handling
AgentX MIB
Atomic SET requests across multiple subagents
Seamless adding and dropping of connections and sessions

AgenPro a powerful code generator that supports round-trip engineering is also available for AgentX++.

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AgentX++Architecture of Extensible SNMP Agents