DynamicSNMP® Manager SDK

Java SNMP Manager Toolkit

The DynamicSNMP® Manager SDK provides a set of generic high-level Java APIs which greatly simplify the development of platform-independent Java SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 manager applications for use in:

• element management systems (EMS)
• network management systems (NMS)
• fault management systems
• application management systems
• local craft interfaces (LCI)
• network manager plug-ins
• SNMP device probes
• device configuration management systems
• protocol mediators (SNMP to XML, SNMP to TL1, etc)
• SNMP manager simulators
• SNMP trap monitors
• SNMP polling engines
• and many more ...

Whether you are developing a large scale network manager, a single node management GUI or a simple SNMP trap monitor, the DynamicSNMP® Manager SDK is the right tool for the job.

The DynamicSNMP® Manager SDK is built on top of the core DynamicSNMP® metadata interface and messaging engine.The metadata interface includes the following features:

• command line MIB compiler and metadata generator:
  - SNMP metadata built from standard SNMP MIB files
  - converts SNMP MIB to XML format
  - converts SNMP MIB to user-friendly HTML files (see example)
  - automatic module resolution for standard SNMP MIB modules
  
  
• metadata API provides runtime access to SNMP MIB definitions
• automatic label to OID lookup
• automatic OID to label reverse lookup
• metadata loaded from XML MIB file output of metadata generator
• supports dynamic, runtime SNMP MIB generation from Java classes

and the messaging engine supports:

• high performance BER encoding and decoding of SNMP PDUs
• optimized for minimal memory/object usage
• intelligent BER buffer caching/reuse
• encode once paradigm for mulitple target messages

In addition to the features of the core APIs, the key features of the DynamicSNMP® Manager SDK are:

• 100% Java, works with Java 2 SDK version 1.2 or greater
• high-performance SNMP message processing
• strongly-typed APIs (for understandability)
• supports runtime loading of new MIB metadata
• high-level SNMP manager API
• SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 support
• fine grained session control (threading,queueing,buffering)
• both synchronous and asynchronous API support
• optimized for multithreaded applications
• support for Get, Set, GetNext, GetBulk and Inform requests
• listener based Trap and Inform handling
• support for GetNext and GetBulk based MIB walks
• built-in support for smart table retrieval (GetNext and GetBulk based)
• built-in for SNMP agent discovery API
• standard support for timeouts, retries and error handling
• high level components:
  - table monitors
  - object group monitors
  - polling engine
  - polling scheduler
  - network explorer
  
  
• built-in support for the following transport protocols:
  - UDP
  - TCP
  - Serial Port
  
  
• built-in support for the following authentication specs.:
  - MD5
  - SHA
  
  
• built-in support for the following privacy specs.:
  - DES
  - 3DES (Triple DES)
  - AES128
  - AES192
  - AES256
  
  
• built-in manager API support for the following:
  - USM
  - USM with Diffie-Helman Key Change and Key Ignition
  
  
• includes the following commandline SNMP applications:
  
  

  SnmpMibGen	: Compile SNMP MIB files into metadata
  XmlToMib	: Convert Monfox XML MIBs into SNMP MIBs
  SnmpGet	: Perform an SNMP Get
  SnmpGetAll	: Perform an SNMP Get if all table rows/columns
  SnmpGetNext	: Perform an SNMP GetNext
  SnmpGetBulk	: Perform an SNMP GetBulk
  SnmpSet	: Perform an SNMP Set
  SnmpExplore	: Perform an SNMP discovery operation
  SnmpGroupMonitor	: Monitor a group of SNMP MIB objects
  SnmpTableMonitor	: Monitor an SNMP MIB table
  SnmpWalk	: Perform a SNMP MIB GetNext walk
  SnmpBulkWalk	: Perform a SNMP MIB GetBulk walk
  SnmpTrapMonitor	: Listen for SNMP Traps and Informs
  SnmpTrap	: Send SNMP Traps
  SnmpTrapLogger	: Log SNMP Traps to a log file
  SnmpInform	: Perform an SNMP Inform operation
  SnmpUsm	: Perform SNMP USM user administration
  SnmpVacm	: Perform SNMP VACM view administration

  
  

For code examples, developer guides and and API Javadoc, please download the DynamicSNMP® Suite evaluation package.

See the DynamicSNMP® Manager SDK specifications below:

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Java Platform Requirements:

• Java 2: JDK 1.2 or newer

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Operating System Requirements:

Any operating system which supports the Java versions listed in the Java Platform Requirements section above. Some of the operating systems suppported by the DynamicSNMP® Manager SDK are:

• Microsoft Windows (95,98,XP,NT,2000)
  
• Linux (Redhat, etc)
  
• Hewlett Packard HP-UX
  
• Sun Solaris (SPARC & x86)
  
• IBM AIX
  
• Apple MacOS X
  

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Hardware Requirements:

Minimum Hardware

• Physical memory (RAM): 256MB
• Disk space: 20MB (distribution package size)

Recommended Hardware

• Physical memory (RAM): 512MB or greater
• Disk space: 30MB (distribution,log,data files)

NOTE: the amount of memory and disk space will vary depending upon the details of your specific application. Please email monfox support to get the recommended requirements for your specific deployment.

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Product Evaluation:

For API usage examples, developer guides, and much more, please download the DynamicSNMP® Suite evaluation package.

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The DynamicSNMP® Manager SDK is often used in addition to the following DynamicSNMP® products:

• DynamicSNMP® Agent SDK
• DynamicSNMP® Agent Simulator

and may be used with the following Monfox products for developing protocol mediators and protocol adapters:

• DynamicTL1® Manager SDK
• DynamicTMN® CMIP Manager SDK

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