RFC 2741 (rfc2741) - Page 2 of 91

Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1

RFC 2741                         AgentX                     January 2000


   5. AgentX Encodings................................................11
     5.1. Object Identifier...........................................11
     5.2. SearchRange.................................................13
     5.3. Octet String................................................14
     5.4. Value Representation........................................15
   6. Protocol Definitions............................................17
     6.1. AgentX PDU Header...........................................17
       6.1.1. Context.................................................20
     6.2. AgentX PDUs.................................................20
       6.2.1. The agentx-Open-PDU.....................................20
       6.2.2. The agentx-Close-PDU....................................22
       6.2.3. The agentx-Register-PDU.................................23
       6.2.4. The agentx-Unregister-PDU...............................27
       6.2.5. The agentx-Get-PDU......................................29
       6.2.6. The agentx-GetNext-PDU..................................30
       6.2.7. The agentx-GetBulk-PDU..................................32
       6.2.8. The agentx-TestSet-PDU..................................34
       6.2.9. The agentx-CommitSet, -UndoSet, -CleanupSet PDUs........35
       6.2.10. The agentx-Notify-PDU..................................36
       6.2.11. The agentx-Ping-PDU....................................37
       6.2.12. The agentx-IndexAllocate-PDU...........................37
       6.2.13. The agentx-IndexDeallocate-PDU.........................38
       6.2.14. The agentx-AddAgentCaps-PDU............................39
       6.2.15. The agentx-RemoveAgentCaps-PDU.........................41
       6.2.16. The agentx-Response-PDU................................43
   7. Elements of Procedure...........................................45
     7.1. Processing AgentX Administrative Messages...................45
       7.1.1. Processing the agentx-Open-PDU..........................46
       7.1.2. Processing the agentx-IndexAllocate-PDU.................47
       7.1.3. Processing the agentx-IndexDeallocate-PDU...............49
       7.1.4. Processing the agentx-Register-PDU......................50
         7.1.4.1. Handling Duplicate and Overlapping Subtrees.........50
         7.1.4.2. Registering Stuff...................................51
           7.1.4.2.1. Registration Priority...........................51
           7.1.4.2.2. Index Allocation................................51
           7.1.4.2.3. Examples........................................53
       7.1.5. Processing the agentx-Unregister-PDU....................55
       7.1.6. Processing the agentx-AddAgentCaps-PDU..................55
       7.1.7. Processing the agentx-RemoveAgentCaps-PDU...............55
       7.1.8. Processing the agentx-Close-PDU.........................56
       7.1.9. Detecting Connection Loss...............................56
       7.1.10. Processing the agentx-Notify-PDU.......................56
       7.1.11. Processing the agentx-Ping-PDU.........................57
     7.2. Processing Received SNMP Protocol Messages..................58
       7.2.1. Dispatching AgentX PDUs.................................58
         7.2.1.1. agentx-Get-PDU......................................61
         7.2.1.2. agentx-GetNext-PDU..................................61
         7.2.1.3. agentx-GetBulk-PDU..................................62



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