Mobile Agent based management in the INSERT project [Vol. 7, No. 3, 1999]

Mobile Agent based management in the INSERT project

G. Knight
Computer Science Department
University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Email: G.Knight_AT_cs.ucl.ac.uk

R. Hazemi
Computer Science Department
University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

Email: R.Hazemi_AT_cs.ucl.ac.uk

Abstract
This paper describes work carried out at University College London to evaluate the use of Mobile Agents (MA), written in Java, in network and system management. The work draws on experience from conventional management systems based on ISO Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) and Internet Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). These systems make use of the concept of a Managed Object (MO). The paper describes the way in which the MO concept has been translated into a form suitable for MA-based management and how the features of the Java language may be used to express management information and to implement MOs. A platform has been implemented which allows MOs to be instantiated, controlled and stored and accessed. The platform also allows the easy production of MAs, their launching into the system and their subsequent management. Details of the platform implementation are given and an initial assessment of performance is presented.

Keywords: Java, Managed Objects, Network Management, System Management, Service Level Agreement

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