What is EMANATE?
EMANATE is a run-time extensible agent system framework developed by SNMP Research that consists of a Master agent with zero to several Subagents. These components allow for SNMP management of systems and modular devices, and they address the issue of handling multiple SNMP agents on a single platform such as the Catalyst 5000 and Catalyst 6000 family of switches. The Master agent, which is MIB independent but protocol dependent, is what would traditionally be thought of as the SNMP agent on the device. The Master agent contains the agent protocol engine (SNMPv1 and/or SNMPv2), and is in charge of the authentication, authorization, access control and privacy mechanism. The Master agent processes all SNMP requests by a network management station and also handles the Subagent management. A Subagent is the independent SNMP agent that resides on the Catalyst 5000 and Catalyst 6000 modules such as the WS-X6101 ATM module. Subagents are independent of the Master agent wherein it can be stop
