Solstice Enterprise Agents (SEA)

Based on the new extensible agent technology or Master/subagent technology, SunSoft provides the solution Solstice Enterprise Agents (SEA). The agents consist of a Master Agent and subagents. The Master Agent receives and responds to Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) or Desktop Management Interface (DMI) requests. The responses are sent after retrieving the appropriate values from the respective subagents. The subagents manage information bases (MIBs or MIFs) designed for specific components and applications. Enterprise Agents also enable users to integrate and use SNMP-based Legacy Agents.

SEA is for both component developers and system and network managers who want to develop custom SNMP or DMI subagents to instrument different components, subsystems, and applications within a device to enable management from an SNMP management console.