SUN-MASTER-AGENT-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 06, 2026

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Category: Network Management Infrastructure, SNMP Agent and Subagent

Description: Manages Sun SNMP master agent configuration, subagent registration, and proxy operations.

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What Is SUN-MASTER-AGENT-MIB?

SUN-MASTER-AGENT-MIB is a Sun Microsystems (legacy Solaris) module for managing the SNMP master agent itself, covering subagent registration and SMUX/AgentX-style proxy operation configuration rather than end-device hardware. No sample objects or module description text were provided, so this reflects the general purpose implied by the short description only. Its monitoring role is purely software/agent-infrastructure status: whether expected subagents are registered with the master agent and whether proxy relationships are functioning, which affects whether other MIBs on the same host are even reachable via SNMP. It depends conceptually on the SNMP master/subagent (SMUX or AgentX) architecture rather than on hardware-facing MIBs. It is deployed on Sun/Solaris hosts running an SNMP master agent that aggregates multiple subagents. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the SUN-MASTER-AGENT-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in SUN-MASTER-AGENT-MIB. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

  • Sun/Solaris host running SNMP master agent

Monitoring Examples

No sample objects were provided for this module, so a concrete object-level scenario cannot be grounded in real names. In general terms, an admin would check subagent registration entries to confirm a expected subagent (e.g., for a hardware or application MIB) is still registered with the master agent, since a missing registration would explain why polls to that subagent's MIB objects are timing out even though the host itself is reachable.

What Can Be Monitored

  • subagent registration status
  • proxy operation configuration
Imported Objects

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

TimeTicks
enterprises

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
OIDs

RFC description

Sun Master Agent MIB for Solstice Enterprise Agents managing SNMP subagent configuration, resource files, and trap ports.

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