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Solstice Enterprise Agents
General FAQs
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OverviewQ: What is Solstice Enterprise Agents?
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Solstice Enterprise Agents is a comprehensive development and runtime environment enabling the creation of custom, extensible SNMPv1 or DMI 2.0 agents to enable Solaris-based network and system management.
Q: Who is the target customer for this product
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Application and hardware component developers for the Solaris Operating Environment that wish to create management agents to ship with their products.
Systems administrators and Network administrators who need to use custom management agents to perform specific administration tasks in the Solaris Operating Environment. Q: What are the key benefits of Solstice Enterprise Agents?
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Key benefits include:
Q: When do you use SNMP and when do you use DMI?
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Both SNMP and DMI provide a set of tools to enable the development of agents that can be used for system and network management. Choosing which one to use depends largely on the requirements of the task at hand as well as the knowledge base of the developer.
Q: Will Solstice Enterprise Manager directly support DMI 2.0?
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DMI 2.0 support is currently under consideration for future releases of Solstice Enterprise Manager.
Q: What are the plans to support other non-Solaris platforms?
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Availability of Solstice Enterprise Agents for non-Solaris platforms is currently not under consideration for future releases of Solstice Enterprise Agents.
SNMP AgentsQ: Is this SMUX technology?
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SMUX, as defined in RFC 1227, is the ability to simultaneously execute several SNMP subagents via a Master Agent as opposed to only being able to execute one monolithic SNMP agent.
Solstice Enterprise Agents allows the simultaneous execution of multiple SNMP and DMI subagents via a Master Agent using a technology that is not SMUX, but something similar. Solstice Enterprise Agents has no plans to support the SMUX protocol outlined in RFC 1227, as it has been retired to "historic" status. Q: What do I do with my legacy SNMP agents?
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Legacy SNMP agents that have configurable port options can be registered as static subagents to take advantage of the extensible Master Agent architecture.
Q: What subagents will be provided with the product?
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Solstice Enterprise Agents 1.0 will ship with a basic MIB-II subagent. Additional agents are planned for subsequent releases.
Q: Does this support "Agentx"?
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"Agentx" is a proposed IETF standard for the communication protocol between the SNMP master agent and subagents. Solstice Enterprise Agents v 1.0 currently does not support "Agentx".
Q: What version of SNMP is supported?
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Solstice Enterprise Agents currently supports SNMPv1.
Q: How does this interoperate with the RPC agents provided with Solstice Enterprise Manager?
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Currently, the RPC agents provided with Solstice Enterprise Manager and Solstice Enterprise Agents are not interoperable.
Q: How is this compatible with other SNMP-based agents that may be installed on my system?
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SNMP agents that have configurable port options can be registered to operate as static subagents under the Master agent. This allows the SNMP agents to take advantage of the extensible architecture.
DMI AgentsQ: What protocol does this DMI implementation utlize? DCE/RPC or ONC/RPC?
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Solstice Enterprise Agents implements ONC/RPC for both the communication between the Management Interface and the Service Provider as well as between the Service Provider and the Component Interfaces.
Q: How does this implementation interoperate with other DMI implementations?
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The first release of Solstice Enterprise Agents supports the ONC/RPC protocol. Any DMI implementation utilizing ONC/RPC will be interoperable. Any DMI implementation utilizing DCE/RPC will not be interoperable. Plans for DCE/RPC support are under consideration for subsequent releases.
Q: What subagents are provided with DMI?
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There are currently no subagents for DMI being delivered as part of Solstice Enterprise Agents 1.0. The first release has focused on putting the DMI foundation in place with subagent development to follow in subsequent releases.
Q: Are there any DMI management applications provided with the product?
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There are currently no DMI management applications being delivered as part of Solstice Enterprise Agents 1.0 because they were not within the scope of this initial release.
Q: What are good resources of information for DMI?
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A good source for the latest DMI information and official technical
specifications is the DMTF web site: http://www.dmtf.org/.
DeploymentQ: What if I need to redistribute the runtime as part of the management solution that I provide to my customers?
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We are currently working on a runtime only package as well as a blanket redistribution agreement which could be downloaded from the web. This will enable developers to redistribute just the runtime portion of Solstice Enterprise Agents with their solutions in order to provide continuity for their customers. Stay tuned to the Solstice Enterprise Agents web site for details.
SupportQ: This product is a free download from your web site. Where do I go to get support?
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Beyond the warranty period, only those with a valid SunService Solaris support contract can receive basic installation and warranty support services via SunService. Please note that SunService WILL NOT be offering developer support services.
Q: I don't have much experience with extensible agents, how do I get Developer support for this product?
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Sun Software Support will be offering comprehensive Developer Support Services as part of their Alliance and Alliance Plus developer service offerings.
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