Agent Extensibility Protocol

The Agent Extensibility Protocol, or AgentX, is a computer networking protocol that allows management of Simple Network Management Protocol objects defined by different processes via a single master agent. Agents that export objects via AgentX to a master agent are called subagents.^[1] The AgentX standard not only defines the AgentX protocol, but also the procedure by which those subagents process SNMP protocol messages.^[2]

For more information, see RFC 2741^[3] for the original definition of the protocol and the IETF Agentx Working Group.^[4]

References

^ Freire, Mário Marques; Chemouil, Prosper; Lorenz, Pascal; Gravey, Annie (April 6, 2011). Universal Multiservice Networks: Third European Conference, ECUMN 2004, Porto, Portugal, October 25-27. 2004, Proceedings. Springer. p. 41. ISBN 978-3-540-30197-4. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
^ Gervasi, Osvaldo (August 29, 2007). Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2007: International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 26-29, 2007. Proceedings, Part II. Springer. p. 796. ISBN 978-3-540-74477-1. Retrieved July 3, 2025. The Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol standard defines, then, a framework for extensible SNMP agents. It characterizes entities called master agents and subagents and a protocol (AgentX) that integrates them.
^ Francisco, Dale; Wijnen, Bert; Ellison, Mark; Daniele, Michael (January 2000). Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1 (Report). Internet Engineering Task Force.
^ IETF Agentx Working Group Archived October 22, 2004, at the Wayback Machine.

Zheng, Dawei (30 December 2015), Control, Mechatronics and Automation Technology, CRC Press, p. 123, ISBN 978-1-315-75215-0
Yakhno, Tatyana (12 October 2004), Advances in Information Systems: Third International Conference, ADVIS 2004, Izmir, Turkey, October 20-22, 2004. Proceedings, Springer, p. 606, ISBN 978-3-540-23478-4
Szczuka, Marcin; Kryszkiewicz, Marzena; Jensen, Richard; Hu, Qinghua (9 June 2010), Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing: 7th International Conference, RSCTC 2010, Warsaw, Poland, June 28-30, 2010 Proceedings, Springer, p. 462, ISBN 978-3-642-13528-6

External links

"AgentX Protocol", Solaris System Management Agent Developer's Guide, retrieved 2025-06-21

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[l194-1] Freire, Mário Marques; Chemouil, Prosper; Lorenz, Pascal; Gravey, Annie (April 6, 2011). Universal Multiservice Networks: Third European Conference, ECUMN 2004, Porto, Portugal, October 25-27. 2004, Proceedings. Springer. p. 41. ISBN 978-3-540-30197-4. Retrieved July 3, 2025.

[y554-2] Gervasi, Osvaldo (August 29, 2007). Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2007: International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 26-29, 2007. Proceedings, Part II. Springer. p. 796. ISBN 978-3-540-74477-1. Retrieved July 3, 2025. The Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol standard defines, then, a framework for extensible SNMP agents. It characterizes entities called master agents and subagents and a protocol (AgentX) that integrates them.

[3] Francisco, Dale; Wijnen, Bert; Ellison, Mark; Daniele, Michael (January 2000). Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1 (Report). Internet Engineering Task Force.

[4] IETF Agentx Working Group Archived October 22, 2004, at the Wayback Machine.

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