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When you are looking to build a management application where:
there is no constraint on the size of the application
the management console application need not be dynamic
the performance of the management console is critical
all the management operations need not be distributed or centralized
you can go in for building standalone management console application.
Management console applications provide the ability to manage and monitor all your network resources from a central location. The resources can be routers, switches, printers, or server applications. The management console can be used to perform the following operations.
Configuration and tuning of device parameters
Trending to study device performance
Troubleshooting devices
Alerts through emails and pagers under critical conditions
These applications can be built using the high-level or low-level AdventNet SNMP API. The high-level API has built-in UI and non-UI bean components, which makes the building of management console simple. Some of the bean components are as follows.
SnmpTarget SnmpRequestServer - used for performing device configuration.
SnmpTableModel - used to alter/configure SNMP tables graphically.
SnmpPoller - used to perform trending of device parameters (such as network interface traffic)
LineGraph, BarGraph - used to display the trending data graphically.
SnmpTrapReceiver - used to receive traps or alerts from devices.
When the footprint of the management console has to be minimum, the low-level API can be used directly with MIBs support. Although the time taken to develop the application console is more when compared to using the high-level API, the low-level API can be used in applications where smaller footprint is required.
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