These release notes support ptx®/AGENT Version 1.5.0. Read this document before you install and run this release of the ptx/AGENT software. If you encounter problems with ptx/AGENT, review this document for reports of problems that may affect your application.
These release notes contain the following:
Changes since the previous release
Product overview and product compatibility
Related documentation
Software installation and ptx/AGENT Configuration
Problem reports (problems fixed since the previous release and open problem reports)
This chapter provides the following information:
ptx/AGENT V1.5.0 contains changes in the following areas:
The ptx/AGENT Subagent Developer Kit is no longer available from us. It can be obtained directly from SNMP Research International, Inc.
ptx/AGENT is an extensible SNMP agent for DYNIX/ptx®. It allows users to access configuration, performance, and fault information for ptx/TCP/IP, ptx/LAN, and DYNIX/ptx through common SNMP managers like Sun® NetManager and IBM® NetViewTM /6000.
ptx/AGENT provides the following:
One master agent (snmpdm) and 2 subagents:
snmpdm (the master agent) supports: system group (from MIB II-RFC1213), snmp group (from MIB II-RFC1213), and SNMPv2 MIBs (from RFCs 1901 to 1910)
ATTENTION In ptx/AGENT V1.5.0, the mib2agt is part of ptx/TCP/IP.
mib2agt (a subagent) supports: interfaces, ip, icmp, tcp, udp, and transmission groups (from MIB II-RFC1213); Token Ring MIB (from RFCs 1231 and 1239); FDDI MIB (from RFC 1285)
ptxagt (a subagent) supports: hrSystem, hrStorage, hrDevice, hrSWRun, hrSWRunPerf groups from the Host Resources MIB (RFC 1514), and extensions to hostmib
The master agent and its subagents communicate using UNIX® domain sockets (stored in /tmp/.AgentSockets/*).
Subagents can be started and stopped dynamically without having to restart the master agent.
There are two separate ptx/AGENT products: ptx/AGENT and ptx/AGENT Mid-Level Manager.
ptx/AGENT is a precompiled master agent, MIB-II subagent, and Host Resources MIB subagent, collectively known as ptx/AGENT.
The ptx/AGENT Mid-Level Manager is included with ptx/AGENT. It is a subagent that executes scripts to manipulate SNMP variables. It allows you to create SNMP instrumentation without having to write SNMP subagents. The ptx/AGENT Mid-Level Manager is further described in Chapter 4 of the ptx/AGENT User's Guide.
ATTENTION The former ptx/AGENT Subagent Development Kit (SDK) is no longer available from us. Contact SNMP Research International, Inc., to obtain a Subagent Development Kit.
The following software products are prerequisites for ptx/AGENT Version 1.5.0:
ptx/AGENT V1.5.0 will not run on versions of DYNIX/ptx prior to 4.6.x.
If you are using the default configuration, the manager tools from ptx/AGENT V1.0 or V1.1 will not work with ptx/AGENT V1.5.0 using SNMPv2. Any version of ptx/AGENT will work with SNMPv1.
The following documentation is available for ptx/AGENT. Contact your sales representative for order information: