A management agent is a logical object that represents, configures, or manages some functionality that is provided by a system or software feature. Management agents include SNMP agents, which are applications that provide monitoring and other management functions for a computer system.

Management agent classes instantiated by the IP Manager identifies the management agent classes that can be instantiated by the IP Manager.

Table 1. Management agent classes instantiated by the IP Manager

Class

Available to

Description

SNMPAgent

All IP Manager products

An SNMP agent that is running in a system.

VRAgent

All IP Manager products

A refined SNMP agent that is running in a system.