ConfD SNMP Agent Overview
Tail-f’s ConfD SNMP Agent is a fully featured and integrated SNMP agent providing northbound SNMP v1, v2c, and v3 interfaces for element management and monitoring. The SNMP Agent coexists with NETCONF, Web UI, and CLI using the same built-in configuration database and instrumentation code.
Unified Architecture
ConfD automatically renders CLI, Web UI, and NETCONF interfaces from a single underlying model. The ConfD SNMP Agent further extends the value of Tail-f’s architecture by avoiding the tedious development effort of writing separate sets of instrumentation code to expose configuration and operational data through SNMP. NETCONF, CLI, Web UI, and SNMP interfaces use a single configuration database and share one set of common instrumentation functions. The XML-centric management backplane in ConfD implements the operations of all management interfaces and works with a single AAA subsystem and data model.
Fully Featured SNMP Support
ConfD SNMP Agent is fully featured and supports SNMP v1, v2c, and v3 including the various security features in v3 including USM and VACM. The included MIB compiler supports SMIv1 and SMIv2.
SNMP Gateway
ConfD SNMP Gateway makes data from existing SNMP agents available through the management interfaces (such as CLI and NETCONF). In this scenario, ConfD co-exists with an SNMP agent on the device and uses the SNMP protocol to retrieve data from the agent presenting it as a part of a unified view of configuration and operational data to the northbound agents.