Managing Agent Platformswith SNMP.ppt

Managing Agent Platformswith SNMP Brian Remick Research Proposal Defense * Overview Motivation Agent Management Requirements Network Management Research Overview Architecture Research Plan Schedule and Questions Motivation Agent platforms are very complex. Difficult to debug from a software perspective. Difficult to analyze from an administrator’s perspective. No formal management specification. FIPA leaves this up to the platform implementation. Thus, each implementation does it differently (if at all). Basic Requirements Advanced Requirements Load balancing Agent mobility Communication pattern analysis Load Balancing Agent Mobility Communication Patterns Network Management Basic Idea Manage various resources of vastly different types. Scalable, Flexible Non-intrusive As much as possible Components of a network management system Proxy “agents” Communication protocol (SNMP) Management system(s) Network Management - Overview Proxy “Agents” Protocol (SNMP) Management Systems MIB Browsers Provide simple access to proxy agent interface. Get / set values associated with resource. Enterprise Management Systems Sophisticated control over resources. Ability to set thresholds, gather temporal data, graphs, etc. Customizable: views of data, resource graphs Designed for more than strictly network management. Examples HP Openview Network and Agent Management Research Overview Goal: Build an agent platform management system. Based on network management techniques. Details: Needs to meet the requirements mentioned earlier. Using SNMP as the communication protocol. Integrate with enterprise management system. HP Openview Demonstrate Test the system with behaviorial patterns and simulations. Assumptions Architecture Agent Platform Layer SNMP Layer (AgentX) Management System Layer Research Plan Summary System will be able to: Perform basic management tasks. Detect overloaded agents and perform load balancing. Monitor communication between agents. Detect agent mobility. Integra