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Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1

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Network Working Group                                         M. Daniele
Request for Comments: 2257                 Digital Equipment Corporation
Category: Standards Track                                      B. Wijnen
                                  T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corp.
                                                       D. Francisco, Ed.
                                                     Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                            January 1998

                 Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol
                               Version 1


Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998).  All Rights Reserved.

Table of Contents

   1 Introduction......................................................4

   2 The SNMP Framework................................................4
     2.1 A Note on Terminology.........................................4

   3 Extending the MIB.................................................5
     3.1 Motivation for AgentX.........................................5

   4 AgentX Framework..................................................6
     4.1 AgentX Roles..................................................7
     4.2 Applicability.................................................8
     4.3 Design Features of AgentX.....................................9
     4.4 Non-Goals....................................................10

   5 AgentX Encodings.................................................10
     5.1 Object Identifier............................................11
     5.2 SearchRange..................................................13
     5.3 Octet String.................................................14
     5.4 Value Representation.........................................14

   6 Protocol Definitions.............................................16
     6.1 AgentX PDU Header............................................16



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