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| From | eravin@panix.com (Ed Ravin) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.protocols.snmp, comp.dcom.telecom.tech, comp.dcom.net-management |
| Subject | Re: SNMP agents for mobile telecom infrastructure |
| Date | 2013-07-06 23:17 +0000 |
| Organization | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace |
| Message-ID | <kra8i1$a3b$1@reader2.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <e8cc4dcd-6bb9-4a26-a288-8b67ad9d3c4e@gm7g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
From somewhere in cyberspace, NetEd <edzietarski@hotmail.com> said:
...
>For a mobile telecoms operator's point of view, is it better to have
>two separate SNMP agents, one for the standard basic Linux node and
>one for the telecoms software, or is it preferable to incorporate both
>into a single SNMP agent?
It depends on your requirements.
The arguments in favor of using a single SNMP agent:
* uses stock startup settings - no new daemon to add to node
* easier to configure the monitoring systems - everything uses port 161
* simpler firewall / iptables configuration
But there are also arguments against it:
* application MIB code could cause snmpd to slow down or stall,
interfering with data collection from the system MIBs
* possible difficulty when upgrading Linux software on node - future
changes in snmpd might require re-integration effort
* easier to swap out SNMP daemon if you decide the application MIB needs
to built on a different software platform
Since you're already installing your application on the Linux nodes, it
should not be that much extra work to install a 2nd SNMP daemon for the
application MIB. That would probably be more managable in the long run.
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SNMP agents for mobile telecom infrastructure NetEd <edzietarski@hotmail.com> - 2013-05-20 09:00 -0700
Re: SNMP agents for mobile telecom infrastructure eravin@panix.com (Ed Ravin) - 2013-07-06 23:17 +0000
Re: SNMP agents for mobile telecom infrastructure Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2013-07-07 12:47 -0500
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