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Agent Protocol

A protocol enables information to be understood by managers and agents. CA Common Services for z/OS SNMP agents use the following protocols:

Communications protocol

Uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite.

Network management protocol

Uses the SNMP that runs on top of TCP/IP.

Both agent and management applications can view the collection of data items for the managed resource. This collection is known as the MIB. Each MIB has attributes that represent aspects of the managed resource. The MIB is the central point at which manager and agent processes converge; it is populated at run-time by configuration files and agent activity.