Network Management Using Mobile Agents

"This paper proposes a mobile agents based framework to implement the management of computer networks. The traditional approach used by SNMP is based on a highly centralized topology. For complex network computers, such a topology may cause overload conditions in the use of network resources during management activities. The adoption of mobile agents can provide for the lack of a manager-manager communication mechanism in the SNMP environment. A basic environment using the Aglets Workbench was developed, where a Mobile Agent was capable of carrying the SNMP management software and install itself in previously chosen machines in a net. Some tests were performed and they confirmed the viability and convenience of the proposed solution. Starting from the implemented framework, it is possible to build a complete system for Computers Network Management."