1. What are the tools provided by WebNMS SNMP Agent Toolkit C Edition? Can each tool function as a separate application? 
2. What are the areas of application where the 'C' agent is preferred to Java agent? 
3. What Operating systems does it run on? 
4. I have developed a Java-based agent. At some point, I decide to convert my agent into a C based one for various reasons. How much work is involved in making this agent totally functional?
5. Does your agent support Thread? Or is your agent thread safe?
6. Does your agent support database?

1. What are the tools provided by WebNMS SNMP Agent Toolkit C Edition? Can each tool function as a separate application?

The tools provided by WebNMS SNMP Agent Toolkit C Edition are as follows: 

• Mib Editor: used to create and edit MIB files. 
• TL1 Message Builder: Used to create and edit TCS (TL1 command set files) 
• CLI Editor: Used to create and edit CCS (CLI command set files) 
• Agent Compiler: generates C stub files for building agents. It takes MIB as input for Multi-Protocol agents and Standalone SNMP agents. IT takes TCS file as input for Standalone TL1 Agents. 
• Mib Browser: used to view and operate on data available through a SNMP agent on a managed device. 
• TL1CraftInterface: used to view and operate on data available through a TL1 agent on a managed device. 
• CLI Browser: used to view and operate on data available through a CLI agent on a managed device. 
• Yes. Each tool can function as a separate application. You can use the .bat/.sh file in the ./Bin directory to load each application separately. 

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2. What are the areas of application where the 'C' agent is preferred to Java agent?

The 'C' agent is for the device and system management agent markets. Device management refers to management of devices, such as routers, printers , UPS, switches, etc. Systems management refers to management of systems, such as Unix, Windows95, Windows NT, OS2, etc. 

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3.What Operating systems does it run on? 

The Runtime agent is fully supported and tested in the following platforms: 

• Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT. 
• Windows CE 
• Solaris 
• Linux 
• Unix 
• Free BSD 
• Net BSD 
• VxWorks 
• QNX Nutrino 
• HP-Unix 
• OS-2 

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4. I have developed a Java-based agent. At some point, I decide to convert my agent into a C based one for various reasons. How much work is involved in making this agent totally functional? 

If you have built a agent in JAVA and if you would like to make it a 'C' agent, then you have to do the instrumentation again. Suppose your instrumentation is in native and you have used JNI from the JAVA agent to access data, then converting your agent to 'C' is simple because instead of invoking JNI calls from instrumentation ( in JAVA agent ), you will invoke those calls from the 'C' instrumentation directly. 

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5. Does your agent support Thread? Or is your agent thread safe?

Yes, our runtime processes the requests in threads. It is thread safe. 

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6.Does your agent support database ? 

Yes, our agent supports to store the table value in database. The supported databases are Oracle, MySQL, and MS-ACCESS. 

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If you wish to know more about SNMP Agent Toolkit C Edition or if you have any question, feel free to send us an email or contact an WebNMS sales representative near you.